Sea Nettles are everywhere on this side of the Chesapeake. This is right by our boat

 The Chesapeake Maritime Museum is located at St. Micheals, MD This is an old home that they have moved here.

 Another home that dates to the 1600's

 The British were going to bomb the city so the residents put lanterns up in trees to trick them where the houses were. They were surprised when the town was still there. Silly Brits

 The lighthouse used to be at Harper's Point and was moved to the museum.You can go all the way to the top. Many exhibits here were completely open.

 This is a Skipjack that actually ran till the 70's. They made a hands-on exhibit. You can see what it was like to actually be on board.

 Two ancient old salts from the other side of the Chesapeake.

 One building was how we have had fun on water. Some of old motors I have seen before

 Wanted a close up of this 150 hp Mercury that is in a museum. It is the same age as our oldest child born in 1980. You know you are getting old when things from 1980 are getting into a museum.

 They also had an old wooden cruiser that you could go right into. 

 That's me (third guy from the right).

 Boats, Boats and more boats.

 As Vice Commodore they wanted me to stand with them for a picture.

 The boat Isabel was purchase by young girl's father in 1926. She grew up and enjoyed this boat for 60 years, cruising the Chesapeake until donating it to the museum.

 Rosie Parks is beside Isabel

The name on the front of Rosie Parks. If you ever get to St. Micheals make sure you stop at the museum. We will be traveling about 38 miles back to Deale, MD in the morning. 

Deale Md, Friend visit and St. Michaels

Last week we cruised to the Rhone River, perfect anchorage and sunset.

 Our friends Jim and Cathy Rosenbalm came to visit us at Deale,  We had a good sail and it is always fun to be with them.

 Becky is chilling, enjoying our friends and a sail.

 We traveled about 38 miles to St. Micheals. We came in from the south up Broad Creek

Mast Confusion at anchor, the water was 100% smooth

Blue Crarbs ummm

 The Chesapeake Bay is all about crabs and their state of MD flag being proudly displayed

 We had lunch here on Friday.  We ordered blue crabs and a selection of other seafood including shrimp, scallops, mussels, clams.  It was a delicious experience.

 So Delicious an experience that we just had to try cooking the crabs on our own.

We bought 6 and the nice lady gave us seven.  We steamed them and seasonsed them with Old  Bay Seasoning.  They too were delicious.   

Tyler, Jodi, Zach and Corbin visit July 10 to July 16

 While they were here we visited Washington DC and went up Washington Monument.We also, got a chance to sail.

 Zach became very comfortable walking around the boat.

 Tyler always gets the wind to die.

 Corbin is up front with Jodi.

It was a good visit and we rode back with them to Ohio to take care of some items.

We now are basing ourselves out of Herrington Harbour North in Deale, MD.  

You can click on the Webcams of the marina and you might even see us.

Herrington Harbor North Webcam

Sailing from Deale MD to Annapolis MD.

 We got a chance with the weather to make the journey to Annapolis. On the way we passed Thomas Point Lighthouse

 Getting closer to Thomas Point Lighthouse

A very pretty lighthouse marking the entrance of the South River.

 Ships anchor off of Annapolis. There is a designated anchorage.

 Hundreds of boats were going out for races or an evening sail.

 Just another pretty sailboat

 If you look close you can see a tall ship and the capital building.

 Little kids being pulled back in after a race. These kids are 6 or 7 years old.

 A Skipjack next to us putting the sails up and leaving. They do not have motors.

 Pirate ship coming in to plunder. Zach and Corbin saw this from land when they were here.

 The harbor is gorgeous.

Evening comes, and it is beautiful. 

 We left the Solomons for a 40 natical mile trip to Herrington Marina. The cliffs on shore were interesting.

 A lighthouse along the way guided us to our destination.

 This is a docking station about a mile or so off shore for ships that will unload natural gas that we are importing. I did not know that we imported natural gas. I sure would not want to work on a boat carrying it.

 One of three ships that passed us on our way.

 You can see Mast Confusion through the flowers at Herrington Marina North

 There are 600 slips here and most are sailboats.

 Corbin and Zachary are coming Friday and they will enjoy the swing set and the pool.

 They do a wonderful job making this place look nice with flowers and other features

Nice place to enjoy on shore with the boats in the background.