We have had such a wonderful time exploring the Chesapeake.
Adirondack spent his early years here before joining our family. There are so
many places to see and things to do. It’s easy to see how a boat could spend
years here and still have places to go.
After leaving Solomons, we crossed to the Eastern Shore and
spent two great days in Cambridge, tying up at the free town wall. We bought
groceries at a store that had been in the family for 76 years, very funky and
full of interesting foods. The High Spot Pub had the best crab soup – it
equaled the seafood chowder from Shediac New Brunswick, which is quite the
compliment! The next day we toured the Visitor Center, the Richardson Maritime
Museum, the Choptank River Lighthouse, the Harriet Tubman Museum and went back
to the High Spot for a dessert glass of Smoking Wood beer.
We then moved on to Oxford, keeping our academic theme
going. Oxford was a beautiful little town, hardly any traffic and great for
walking. They have a good general store and the best ice cream on the Bay at
the Scottish Highlands Creamery. We managed to get the materials we needed to
fix the shower at Cutts and Case Yachts, which has a shed full of gorgeous old
wooden boats. We got lots of boat jobs done with the shower repair and caulking
the shower window (which was leaking into the boat) and caulking the back
window over our bed (which was dripping on my head during heavy downpours).
Annapolis was the next stop to pick up friends who had
bought time on the boat at our church service auction last fall. They had lived
before on the Bay and have family here, so it was wonderful to explore some old
and new places. We crossed to the Eastern Shore again to St Michaels, which is
almost too cute. We had a delicious crab lunch at the Crab Claw restaurant and
I got some time at the good yarn store in town.
We then went up the Chester River to Cacaway Farm where we
tied up at the dock just before a huge downpour. What a lovely spot to spend a
day; good food, great company and a TV for Kevin to watch game 6 of the NBA
championship.
Rock Hall was the next destination. We had the free town
wall almost all to ourselves and Jeff had multiple trips to the nearby West
Marine store. We were able to connect up with one of our favorite fellow
cruisers from the Exumas, Andy “Andante”. It was lovely to see him and catch up
on life and talk about possible trips back South in the fall.
Finally we continued north in the Bay to Havre de Grace,
another great town where Gina had lived and the kids were born and then on to
Chesapeake City where we had to drop them off. What a great crew they were!
Now we are working our way through the skinny water of the
Intracoastal Waterway of New Jersey, timing our days with high tide and
watching the charts and buoys very carefully. We met up with Brent and Susan “Once
Upon a Time” from St Paul at Annapolis and again at Chesapeake City and are
traveling together through the ICW – very fun to share time together with great
fellow cruisers. Soon we’ll be in NYC then on to Champlain!! Sally
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