8/29/18 – 9/2/18: We made reservations at Solomons Island for the entire Labor Day weekend, thinking that it would probably be difficult to find dockage over the last long weekend of the summer. We had heard a few good things about the place, but didn’t know what to expect. It turned out that we really didn’t like it much.
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Archive | August 2018
Cambridge
8/26/18 – 8/28/18: After Oxford, we went to Cambridge. The biggest draw for Cambridge is that it’s where the Underground Railroad was born. Harriet Tubman, whose name is almost synonomous with the network, was also born nearby. There was a museum in Cambridge dedicated to her life and her legacy.
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Oxford
8/25/18: We couldn’t check in to the marina until noon, so we had a nice morning sitting at anchor in Trippe Creek. We were looking forward to a shower and to explore Oxford. We had half a day, which should be enough given the town’s size. But the gods deemed we shouldn’t have half a day, so they threw a little wrench in our plans.
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Trippe Creek
8/24/18: Our next planned stop was Oxford, but we had several days of nice weather ahead. We knew there wasn’t much in Oxford so we only reserved one night at the marina. We also wanted to spend a night at anchor before going there. We found a nice little bay along the Trippe Creek, about 3 miles from town to anchor in. We could be to Oxford within a half hour, check in to the marina, and have the rest of the day to explore before moving on.
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St. Michaels
8/21/18 – 8/23/18: We arrived in St. Michaels around noon. We were told that this place was a little on the upscale side – that everything here catered to people with big boats and a lot of money. They were right.
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Magothy and Wye Rivers
8/19/18 – 8/20/18: We knew our next marina stop was going to be in St. Michaels, southeast of Pasadena and about 26 miles (for a crow), or 40 miles (for a boat). We saw a couple of good days of weather ahead, so we decided to anchor out for two nights before heading to St. Michael’s. We spent the first night in the Magothy River, and the second in the Wye River. They were both splendid!
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Pasadena
8/16/18 – 8/18/18: Still Pond lived up to it’s name. When we awoke the next morning, the water was completely flat. We probably didn’t move more than 10 or 20 feet all night. It was a great night for anchoring. Our next stop was in Pasadena (Maryland, not California), a suburb of Baltimore. It was about 25 miles southwest of where we were, and we hoped to sail most of the day. But, as was the norm for our entire journey so far, no sailing was to be had this day!
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Still Pond
8/15/18: The weather prediction for the next couple days looked pretty good, but another cold from was predicted for Friday. It was supposed to stall, bringing more unsettled weather for the coming weekend. We decided to anchor out for a night and chose a place suited for the forecasted winds called Still Pond. It was only 3 hours south from Georgetown, so it would be a short, easy day. We realized that this would be our first night at anchor since Baie Fine last summer!
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Georgetown
8/10/18 – 8/14/18: We left Chesapeake City, happy that yesterday was behind us. All those hard things we’d heard about – New York Harbor, the New Jersey Coast, the Delaware Bay – were now all behind us. We were really looking forward to a little “down time” in the Chesapeake Bay. And we would be there in only a couple hours!
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Chesapeake City
8/9/18: We planned our departure from Cape May on a day with a perfect weather prediction for the crossing. The forecast said 5 knot winds and 2 foot seas. The only downfall was the tide. It was an ebb tide (outgoing) for most of the day, which was going to cause a 2 knot current against us. This was going to lengthen our crossing by a couple hours. Still, it was looking to be a nice, relaxing, but long, day to cross the Delaware Bay. Do you think, for once, they could get the weather forecast right? Nope!
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Cape May
8/5/18 – 8/8/18: The weather finally gave us a little window of opportunity for our sail down to Cape May. This would be our last day on the Atlantic Ocean, and our final stop in New Jersey. We had heard a lot of good things about Cape May, so we opted to stay a couple days to explore.
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