8/30/16 thru 9/7/16

Headed to Crisfield Md for their Labor Day Crab Festival. We are extremely excited to see (what I call) the "Watermen Rodeo"!! YeeHaw.........actual name is Chesapeake Cowboy Boat Docking Competition (too formal, don't you think?)

Our boats are across; 1st is tour boat Steven Thomas, then Inspeyered II,
 Act III, Sandrobber, Barbara Ann (newbies), Sum Escape and Corkscrew

It's an 80 mile trip from Cambridge, so on the way there we decided to anchor in Little Choptank River, then continue the next day. On our return trip to Cambridge we chose to do it all in one day. In Crisfield we stayed @ Somers Cove Marina. Tom n Julie on Sum Escape, Al n Jane on Inspeyered II,  joined us here at Somers Cove Marina along with Act III and Sandrobber.

At high tide the walkways are almost under water

Example of how they bring the boats in................

Our bushel of crabs steaming!!

Lesson  #1

Digging in...........................

Guys on their way "crabbing'........

The Group @ Docktaila

In the Crab Chair @ museum on Tangier Island

We did a lot while here and loved every minute of it!
We took a ferry ride 12 miles to Tangier Island, pop. 480. This tee tiny island is only 4' above sea level, so standing water in yards is an issue, very marshy and parts of the island are disappearing at a rate of 15" per year. Their form of transportation around the little town is by golf carts. They have a school (grades 1 thru 12) and a teacher for each grade. This year there will be 9 graduating seniors.
We visited their tiny museum and of course, we had to have some ice cream! There are several gift shops on the island for the tourists that are brought there daily by ferry........
Tom, the Marina manager, took the guys (Sonny, Rob, Tom and Jeff) crabbing. They were so excited about that. They caught a bushel and brought them back for a crab boil that night. He taught us how to "hack" into those creatures of the sea. Some people use hammers, he used a small knife.

8/28/1 & 8/29/16

We traveled 18 miles down the bay to Cambridge Md.  Our destination is Mid-Shore Electronics, they will give us an estimate on replacing our electronics on the fly bridge. Ours are as old as the boat and some do not work. We have navigated this past year on the I-pad. That has worked out fine for us, but getting an upgrade will benefit us greatly. Will let you know how this works out in a future post................suspense!

8/24/16 thru 8/27/16

We only had 3 miles this morning to get to Tilghman Island. We will stay these 4 days @ Tilghman on the Chesapeake Marina. The marina area is very nice, it is part of a resort community. Act III & Sandrobber will be here too. The clubhouse is super nice, along with a salt water pool, picnic tables and grills. This is a tiny island but they have some neat restaurants, bank, country store where you can pick up a few items and a cool book store that is located in an old bank.

Jeff n Susan (they like to be close) lol

"W" House, built so that it could capture the wind from different directions

Salt Water Pool

Marena laying on Susan's phone

Courtney and her friends from high school ('95) on a trip to Key West to celebrate? turning 40!!!!

great little restaurant close to marina

Interior of "Two If  By Sea"

8/21/16 thru 8/23/16

This morning we had breakfast with Al & Jane Speyer on Inspeyered II. We hadn't been with them for some time, so it was nice to catch up. They are from Hendersonville.
We pulled out at noon and traveled 8 miles to our anchorage in the Wye East River and stayed there 2 nights. It was nice to be able to grill out again, nestled in this very small cove. In the afternoon there was a heavy storm with lots of wind, but we were in a good place.

On the 23rd we left very early. We need to get through an area called Knapps Narrows hopefully at mid-tide since it is so shallow. It is 35 miles from this anchorage, and we made it just fine..........

8/17 thru 8/20

Bobby n Pam Hurt and Eddie n Sheri Stinson stayed in St. Michaels, Md with us. They had their own rooms and we all got together on the boat every night. We ate out @ Ava's, Theo's, Carpenter St. Saloon and others. Us girls walked and biked the streets touring all the little shops. One day we drove to Easton, just a few miles away. We ate lunch at a great little cafe called Sunflower something ??? Anyhow; their specialty is creating your own salad. Wasn't in the mood for a salad that day but Pam said hers was great. I was on a chicken salad binge at that time. I love these small towns on the Chesapeake, especially if they're on the water. I also love the style of houses; small and narrow. We were at St Michaels Marina and really enjoyed it there.

Boat building workshop @ the Museum

Bobby Eddie n Sonny

Me Pam n Sheri

Sheri n Eddie 

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 We loved, loved having our friends here visiting us; had an absolute blast! Jack n Sara, we sure did miss you both; it just wasn't quite the same without you here! But, to ease your mind, we toasted you every chance we got!!!!!!!

8/16/16

Eddie & Sheri boarded with us and traveled 29 miles to St. Michaels Marina. The ride over was absolutely beautiful plus it was so nice having some of our friends traveling with us. Bobby & Pam won't arrive until tomorrow, so we four just hung out on the boat. Jack & Sara were supposed to come also, but had to cancel at the last minute because their dog, Charlie, got very very sick. They ended up putting him down. It just killed all of us for them to have to go through all that. We did our "surprise" Wednesday at lunch when Bobby & Pam arrived. It worked out perfectly; a big, big surprise!

8/14 & 8/15

We left Chesapeake Yacht Club and traveled 15 miles to Annapolis Yacht Basin. This will be an awesome stop, because we are gonna meet up with Eddie & Sheri this afternoon. They have come from Nashville to visit with us a few days. This will be a big surprise to our other friends that are coming to meet us in St. Michaels!!! Can't wait to see how it all works out. On Sunday I got an Uber to a grocery and did some re-provisioning. Then when they arrived, we all went to dinner at Pusser's Caribbean Grill.  On Monday we walked the streets of Annapolis, had the best Lobster Rolls @ Mason's; then had dinner at The Chart House. The building where this restaurant is located was once the Trumpy Boat Factory building. The structure itself was huge.

Eddie n Sheri with us in Annapolis

Annapolis Yacht Basin

8/12 & 8/13

On our way to Shady Side. Md. We traveled 48 miles where we stayed for 2 nights at Chesapeake Yacht Club. This was an awesome marina with a great pool. It was so hot that we ate in the clubhouse both nights. We celebrated our year anniversary of traveling on the loop. We met a neat lady, Julie, who worked there. We did not venture out while there, just stayed on the boat or in the pool.

Us and Julie after dinner

Outdoor fire pit