Monday, July 15, we left Annapolis and traveled about 30 miles across the Bay to St. Michaels, MD. St. Michaels derived its name from an Episcopal parish that was established there in 1677. Coming from the Midwest where things are considered old if they’re from the early 1800s, we continue to be amazed by truly old places. St. Michaels’ claim to fame came in the War of 1812, when the British attacked the town’s militia battery. The residents dimmed their lights and hung lanterns in the trees, so the British aimed for the lanterns thinking that was where the town was. The cannonballs overshot the town, the town was spared, and it became known as “the town that fooled the British.”
Foxy’s is a famous bar on Jost van Dyke in the BVI, where we’ve had drinks many times. Turns out Foxy’s has a branch in St. Michaels! We couldn’t spend time in Maryland without eating some fresh Maryland blue crab. We didn’t realize how time consuming it is to get all the meat out – no wonder crab cakes, crab dip, crab salad, etc. are so expensive!These were big crabs!Another claim to fame for St. Michaels.There was more to see in St. Michaels but the temp and heat were so high it was dangerous to be walking for very long. The heat was as bad or worse than Indiana!
From St. Michaels we went back for one night to Shipwright Marina in Deale MD, on the west side of the Bay. Remember the goodie bag they gave us the first time we stopped there? No fixins for pina coladas this time ☹️
Then it was on to Zahniser’s Yacht Center in Solomons MD. It was a very nice marina with good, cheap laundry facilities (amazing how laundry facilities become a priority), a great restaurant for dinner, and a poolside sandwich place. Nothing unusual to take pictures of – I guess that can be a good thing.
From Solomons it was on to the Potomac. Even though it was only 95 miles from the mouth to the marina where we would spend a week in D.C., we decided to enjoy the Potomac and make 3 stops. We were surprised how rural it is for much of the way to D.C. and then how much military presence in the air when we finally got close to D.C.
A beautiful sunset at Point Lookout Marina, on a creek just 4 miles from the mouth of the Potomac. This marina had a courtesy car, but the only place to go with it was Dollar General. Slow WiFi, one bar cell service, and pumpout wasn’t working, but very peaceful.Next stop – Colonial Beach VA. This marina had a restaurant and tiki bar and the best fish and chips! We were also able to get a taxi into town to mail some packages at the post office – jackpot! Taxi AND post office 😊On our way to the third marina we passed under this bridge – 165 feet from the water to the bottom of the bridge – that’s a tall bridge!This looks like a plane, but wait….It’s a bald eagle!It rained briefly while eating dinner at Occoquan Harbor Marina and then a rainbow appeared.Mt. Vernon from the waterNational Harbor just south of D.C. They say you can see the Capitol from the top of the Ferris wheel.Washington Monument on the left, the Capitol dome on the right – thrilling!
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Glad you are back! I have missed seeing your pictures and comments. I found out at my class reunion that you met one of my high school friends and neighbors “ looping.” When I asked her what she had been up to , she started to explain doing the loop and I mentioned you. What a small world to find out you and they had dinner together at some time on the loop.
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Who is your friend who’s doing the loop? It’s been a while since we’ve had dinner with anyone looping – we got out of sync with everyone when we had to go back to Lafayette for the month of April because we sold our house.
Glad you are back! I have missed seeing your pictures and comments. I found out at my class reunion that you met one of my high school friends and neighbors “ looping.” When I asked her what she had been up to , she started to explain doing the loop and I mentioned you. What a small world to find out you and they had dinner together at some time on the loop.
Glad you’re enjoying my blog!
Who is your friend who’s doing the loop? It’s been a while since we’ve had dinner with anyone looping – we got out of sync with everyone when we had to go back to Lafayette for the month of April because we sold our house.