Photo Gallery 5:
October 2002: Chesapeake Bay
We took a few days to recover from our offshore sailing past
New Jersey in Delaware City at the head of Delaware Bay. Then we
sailed thru the D and C canal to the Chesapeake. From there Dave
drove to the Annapolis Boat Show with Ben Allen. Then we all
drove to Baltimore to meet Dani and Don Wood
View of the Baltimore waterfront from the National
Aquarium
The Dolphin Show
The Seahorse exhibit had seahorses from around the world
Seahorse from off the coast of Eastern Australia
Buddies Michelle and Danielle
334! Look who we saw in Baltimore!
Shell, Dani, Alex and Don hangin' out
Thanks to our buddies in Milford, Connecticut for telling us
about this area of Baltimore
The sail thru the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal to the Chesapeake Bay
A lovely anchorage off the Magothy River north of Annapolis and right around the bend from our friends the Allen's
A nice visit with Ken, Carol and Ben Allen
In downtown Annapolis, the houses are rainbow colors and the streets emanate from the old State House like the spokes of a wheel.
The State House
View from the old State House
The Naval Academy
After promising the Allens a return visit in the spring, we headed down the bay, under the Bay Bridge to St Michaels
This famous "cottage-style" lighthouse at St. Michaels Maritime Museum has been beautifully restored.
Ashore in St. Michael's
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Crabs and beer! Yum!
Skip jacks were the original boats used for oystering in the Cheasapeake Bay
The local St. Michael's fishing fleet. The watermen's boats are longer and flatter than those of lobstermen in New England.
Then down the Bay again to Solomons Island, MD
Have a few sailboats! Solomons is a huge sailing center. We finally started to see other cruisers.
In Crisfield, MD, we had some extra time, so Dave made the curtains for the boat.
Crisfield is a big fishing town.
Tangier Island MD is another fishing village. These crab shacks are built on pilings on the water that lines the channel.
Tangier is an island on the eastern coast of the Chesapeake Bay, in Virginia.
Here families use golf carts instead of cars and still speak with an Elizabethan accent added to the Virginia drawl.
The town at Tangier Island is built around a big salt marsh
The watermens' crab shacks that line the channel are built right
on the water