I’m talking about the Maryland Blue Crab. It’s the official Maryland Crustacean and has been since 1989. We, Marylanders, love our crabs. Nothing like some steamed crabs and beer on a summer day. We love picking them, making soup with them and making crab cakes with them! We buy them by the bag, dozen, bushel and some of us even go fishing for them. You’re probably gonna need a mallet and a knife though but they are worth it!
Maryland is known for its seafood. We have the Blue Crab, oysters and our state fish is the Rockfish aka striped bass. Can you say yum?!
Gonna have to put this one back and let him grow some more!
The state of Maryland has strict guidelines on fishing to protect the fish populations here.
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It’s a lot of fun taking a boat out on Maryland waters. So much so that we made our state boat The Skipjack in 1985. A Skipjack is a sailboat which is usually used as a fishing boat. This probably isn't a Skipjack but it's pretty cool looking and I took this photo when it was at the Inner Harbor in Baltimore.
Did you know that in 2008 we made walking our state exercise? I, actually, just found this out. All the times my doctor asked how much I exercised and I’ve been telling him I don’t really do much of that. Now I can say all the time. I mean, when I get up in the morning, I walk to the bathroom then I walk down to the kitchen and heck, I sometimes even walk to the mailbox! Occasionally though, I do get out and like to take a nature walk on a trail at one of the many parks that Maryland has to offer. One place I love to go to is a trail at The Conowingo Dam in Conowingo, Maryland. While there, you may be able to spot our state bird, The Baltimore Oriole. If you don’t get to see one there then don’t be too disappointed because people come from all over the world to see the Bald Eagles which you can see pretty regularly there and sometimes they even see you!
Hey! Is that a White Oak tree it's perched on? If it is then you're also looking at our state tree!
We also have Jousting as our state sport.
You like “playing the ponies”? We’ve got horse racing which only makes sense because our state horse is the Thoroughbred and we host the second leg of The Triple Crown at The Preakness at the Pimlico Race Course.
Sorry, little guy, you’re just not ready yet!
I could go on but, seriously, I gotta save some stuff for the next couple of days! Okay,maybe, just one more for the many cat lovers on steemit. In 2001 we made the Calico cat our official state cat! Being a cat lover, this made me pretty happy!
My sisters cat named Serena!
I hope you enjoyed a little bit of Maryland!!
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