Chesapeake Eastern Shore

Magnificent late summer and fall weather has been the case. Cool evenings and nights without the hundred degree heat indices during the days. 

While traveling, we saw and purchased a copy of Chesapeake by James Michener. What a great volume to accompany our travels!!  

Our next stop was the first on the eastern shore of the Bay. St. Michaels is a great little town that we were told by more than one person not to miss. They were right!!  And like I’ve already said, the museums just keep getting better. This one did not disappoint us. We had a seafood feast on the waterfront that was outstanding. 

Next stop was Oxford, another historic town noted in the book and mentioned by locals. Small but great historic buildings. Home of the oldest operational ferry in the US. 

Cambridge was just across the Choptank River from Oxford. We spent a few days there waiting on weather. A bus ride away from Walmart!  Fresh crabs 🦀 right off our stern. Live music one night from Snappers. Great town!!

As we headed south, there were fewer places to visit on the eastern shore so we were content to revisit some like Solomons Island, Reedville, and we didn’t want to pass up Deltaville. There was a crab feast being held at the Deltaville marina that was fantastic!

We waited for just the right weather conditions to leave for Norfolk and we were rewarded. We had a great downwind sail to Norfolk. This time around, the anchorage was pretty rough at night (midnight) from the barges so one night was enough. 

We had another good crossing of the Albemarle Sound except that the wind direction wasn’t the best. Fortunately though, the sea conditions were benign. We made good time and stopped again at Dowry Creek Marina - we just love it there. 

The nights are starting to be a lot cooler. Days are still warm. We sailed to New Bern, NC and were able to tour downtown. We got to go to a dinner there and visit with people we met down in the Caribbean several years ago. We would have stayed longer but they didn’t have space for us at the marina. 

We stopped overnight in Oriental and came back home to Dowry Creek Marina. Darrell pulled the propeller off the boat to have it changed to better match our new transmission. A shop in Beaufort did some change to the pitch and it might be enough. Otherwise, we’ll get a new propeller. 

We picked up a rental car in a nearby town yesterday. Now we’re getting ready to take a road trip east. We’re excited to see family again!!