Left Cape May early on Wednesday morning for the 60+ mile trip to Delaware City at the head of Delaware Bay. We saw numerous Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin around Cape May and at the head of Delaware Bay. Ken and Sue…
Delaware City – A Rainy Day Layover
Through the old entrance to the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal (no longer used) to Delaware City, a town that once thrived but lost its footing after the rail road boom and the cutting of a new, wider entrance to the…
We Made it to the Chesapeake
Sorry for the delay but we’ve had poor to no internet for several days. On Friday we passed through the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal into the upper Chesapeake Bay. On the way we saw Bald Eagles and beautiful homesites. On…
To Herring Bay, our Home Base for the next Six Weeks
Yesterday our plans to sail to Annapolis were thwarted by the early arrival of storms and showers. Before the bad weather set in we diverted to Rock Creek near the entrance to Baltimore harbor and settled in at Fairview Marina.…
Miami? No – Herrington Harbour, Maryland
Our Marina about 17 nautical miles south of Annapolis is by far the nicest we have ever seen. It has a 2 mile nature walk around the perimeter of the basin with lots of signage about the local flora and…
Heron-ton Harbour
These magnificent birds are all over the harbor, along with osprey, egrets, terns, and gulls. Today after reprovisioning in the cute town of North Beach we went for an afternoon sail together on Windward Passage to Poplar Island on the…
This Can’t Be The Chesapeake Bay!
You are correct. Cheryl and I both have Board of Directors meetings in CT tonight so its home for a quick one day, two night stand. Not bad views from our porch for one day. Off to NJ tomorrow and…
We’re Back, and Heading to Oxford!
We arrived back from our whirlwind tour up north and after spending Sunday with Jaqui to celebrate her birthday, we then headed out to Oxford on the eastern shore of the bay. There were small craft advisories but the wind…
Oxford, Royal Oak, and the Oxford-Bellvue Ferry
Awoke today to cloudy skies but no rain in the forecast. Our Marina has free bikes which we took advantage of right after breakfast. Oxford is a small town supported by the maritime industry. They have a small history museum…
Choptank River and La Trappe Creek
Before leaving Oxford we were entertained by an Osprey swooping down and capturing his meal. We left Oxford for a quiet day in La Trappe Creek, a small estuary off of the Choptank River. Other than kayaking and sailboarding we…