{"id":505,"date":"2025-05-26T22:23:52","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T02:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/?p=505"},"modified":"2025-05-26T22:30:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T02:30:10","slug":"what-a-day-where-do-i-begin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/index.php\/2025\/05\/26\/what-a-day-where-do-i-begin\/","title":{"rendered":"What a day, where do I begin?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ha, ha, ha, do I have your attention???  We started our day with bagels from Naval Bagels.  If you guessed that Jerome had the colorful one, you&#8217;re right!  This was a day full of fun, new friends, history and adventure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/annapolis-tour-1024x519.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/annapolis-tour-1024x519.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/annapolis-tour-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/annapolis-tour-768x390.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/annapolis-tour-1536x779.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/annapolis-tour-2048x1039.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/annapolis-tour-1800x913.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After breakfast we met one of my brother&#8217;s classmates, Pete McDevitt.  What a great guy and wonderful host for our tour around the Naval Academy.  You guys might not know, but my father (class of 1959) and my brother (class of 1984) graduated from the Naval Academy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/annapolis-johns-room-630x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/annapolis-johns-room-630x1024.jpg 630w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/annapolis-johns-room-184x300.jpg 184w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/annapolis-johns-room-768x1249.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/annapolis-johns-room-944x1536.jpg 944w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/annapolis-johns-room-615x1000.jpg 615w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/annapolis-johns-room.jpg 1258w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The window John is pointing to was his room at Bancroft Hall.  As the only dormitory at the Academy, Bancroft Hall can accommodate over 4,000 Midshipmen.  We learned that a huge renovation just started that is to last about 18 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/annapolis-chapel-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/annapolis-chapel-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/annapolis-chapel-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/annapolis-chapel-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/annapolis-chapel-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/annapolis-chapel-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/annapolis-chapel-1778x1000.jpg 1778w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the Naval Academy Chapel where our parents (John and Mary Glaeser) were married on June 4th, 1959, the week after dad graduated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"604\" height=\"919\" src=\"http:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/annapolis-pete-and-jerome.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/annapolis-pete-and-jerome.jpg 604w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/annapolis-pete-and-jerome-197x300.jpg 197w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Pete not only took us around the Academy, he took us around the capitol complex, took us to his house (the gardens in his backyard were just stunning) and hosted lunch for us at his marina.  To top the day off, he took us sailing.  What a treat for all of us, but mostly Jerome who got to captain the sailboat and he did great.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/annapolis-petes-house-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/annapolis-petes-house-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/annapolis-petes-house-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/annapolis-petes-house-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/annapolis-petes-house-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/annapolis-petes-house-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/annapolis-petes-house-563x1000.jpg 563w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/annapolis-petes-house-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I told you Pete&#8217;s yard was stunning.  It&#8217;s beautiful and peaceful with the Academy Chapel in the background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/annapolis-smith-island-cake-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/annapolis-smith-island-cake-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/annapolis-smith-island-cake-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/annapolis-smith-island-cake-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/annapolis-smith-island-cake-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/annapolis-smith-island-cake-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/annapolis-smith-island-cake-563x1000.jpg 563w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/annapolis-smith-island-cake-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You know the drill, what&#8217;s for dessert after dinner???  Of course the Maryland state dessert, Smith Island Cake!  Four forks and we each got a dollop of whip cream.  It was definitely a memorable day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ha, ha, ha, do I have your attention??? We started our day with bagels from Naval Bagels. 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