Ok, ok, so it’s hard to get excited about model ships, right? Not when they are as intricate as the authentic and priceless British warship replicas  housed at the Rogers Ship Model Collection at the U.S. Naval Academy Museum.

  Cute and historic, Annapolis is an easy daytrip from Washington, Baltimore and Philadelphia. Yet it had been more than 15 years since I had visited this sea-faring Navy-loving town, known among sailors for its prime access to the Chesapeake Bay.