Solomons to St. Michaels

Small Craft warnings on the Chesapeake kept us in Solomons 2 days longer than we planned but there are certainly worse places to be stuck and we have learned to respect the waters here. We had our friends the Valentines docked beside us and the sun was out—the winds were just high. So, Friday morning we saw a weather window and made an early start across the Chesapeake, behind Tilghman Island to the “backdoor” of St. Michaels with an anchorage up the San Domingo Creek. The dingy ride from here is about 5 minutes (and a 3 block walk) where we found a charming St. Michaels gearing up for the weekend. They have a Maritime Museum boasting their part in the War of 1812 (with the British—didn’t we just have the Revolutionary War 35 years earlier) that they are mighty proud of but we are sort of museum-ed out. One sign summed it up for us—there was no clear winner of the War of 1812 but we held on to what we had. Beers at the Foxy Bar and Grille offered great entertainment with all the hot dog boaters coming in and docking from Annapolis and a 2 person band (with guitar and bongos!) singing oldies. We had anchored about 1:30pm and were one of 3 boats, when we came back there were 8 boats—all sailboats—with us. It was a busy creek but had a beautiful sunset albeit some cranky sailors who did not like our generator noise. We scouted the town out yesterday and will go back Saturday to hit the high spots.

Leaving Solomaons

Calvert Cliffs full of sharks teeth and fossils

Passing a big boy on the calm, blue Chesapeake

Glad to have our Osprey back squawking at us when we got too close

San Domingo Creek Anchorage