Todays side trip has landed me first in Wilmington Delaware by way of the Baltimore inner harbor. I am sitting in a coffee shop in Wilmington as I write this... Earlier I passed through the surface streets of the Baltimore inner harbor, however I did not decide to stop today. I have done the inner harbor many times over the years so today I decided to continue on to Delaware. I have seen an interesting cluster of red brick buildings every time I have passed through Wilmington on Amtrak. I decided I could find them today by going to Wilmington and following the signs to the Amtrak station. Well, this worked like a charm. I found the very place! From the train I imagined this was a sprawling section of renewed urban development. As I experienced it today it was a bit smaller than it seemed from the train window. ING Direct anchors the corporate neighborhood and there are many new high rise condos some completed and some still under construction. There is an area of shops and restaurant's which are nestled up against the river here. The area is very pedestrian friendly and despite the high density feels open and clean. I am presently sitting at the waterfront shops having a cup of "Jamac'in Me Crazy" coffee and a muffin. Mmmmm. The market here is lively enough however I am presently becoming aware I am no longer used to the feel of a small city. Interesting. The draw bridge just outside the window I am at just raised for a replica European settlers sailing ship to pass by on the river. Nice! Sorry folks I let you down on that one, no photo. I may need to start touring the smaller cities of the mid Atlantic. Surely a number of roads less traveled run through them... Here are a couple of shots from the market where I am having my afternoon coffee. I don't know which way the wind will blow me next this afternoon or if I will even make it home tonight. I suspect I will. Until later.

OK, I was feeling guilty because of something that happened while I was in Wilmington DE yesterday. I did initially let some down by not getting an image of the sailing ship I described as it passed by on the river under the draw bridge outside a window where I sipped my afternoon coffee yesterday. Well as I walked the neighborhood later that afternoon I heard in the distance bells on the draw bridges ringing. I thought The big sailing ship must be coming back in! I ran, and I use that term "ran" loosely, back down to the river walk. I was correct it was coming back in so here you go. I present the sailing ship described in my coffee shop post...