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

8/10/16 and 8/11/16

We left Spring Cove Marina and traveled a mile, that's right, a whole mile to Solomons Island Yacht Club. We wanted to see this area, and staying at SIYC cost lots less than Spring Cove..................so there it is; we moved!!!  It's a very small club here but they do have dinners sometime. We ate one night and it was good, plus the cost was great. $10 for our dinner and $2.50 for a glass of wine. Cheap enough....... plus we met several people that were very nice. The second night we ate @ The Dry Dock Restaurant, and it was awesome...........we are eating out a lot because it is so stinking hot, especially when you turn on a burner or the oven. Our air conditioners are working hard but if you're cooking, they can't hardly keep up. We rode our bikes a lot cause it is such a great place for that. I absolutely love The Chesapeake Bay area and these quaint towns on the water. Told Sonny I could live here............................Went to a museum there that was great. Sonny loves museums, he wants to know everything about everything.

Front view of Solomons Island Yacht Club

Rear view of  SIYC

Tiny Episcopal Church next to yacht club

View of harbor as we left

Dinghy from a German Warship that is part of the ghost fleet in Mallows Bay

Old wooden boats at museum

Drum Point Lighthouse now at museum 

8/8/16

 We left Corinthian Yacht Club a couple days earlier than planned. We realized on our trip there that the Inverter batteries were beginning to fail. So we got in touch with Spring Cove Marina at Solomons (35 miles up the Chesapeake) and made plans for them to order them and put in while there a couple of days. There are two of them weighing 160 lbs each; so we needed young men with strong backs! Amazingly while there the weather cooled off, so it was fairly nice for a change. Didn't last long though.................... This marina area is very nice, great place to walk Marena, picnic area, pool, AND doggie ice cream!!
Marena is happy................I bought extra!