Very picturesque Dobbs. :clap:
Rob.
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Very picturesque Dobbs. :clap:
Rob.
From Onancock, we headed north again to Bivalve, Maryland on the Nanticoke River.
Found you on my map Dobbs.
Rob.
The town of Bivalve is really just a collection of houses on a road to somewhere else, but it's delightful. For some reason, they have a very nice marina plunked down in a park on the outskirts. In fact, there are a number of very nice riverfront parks all a short distance from the marina. We hunkered down in Bivalve for 3 days to sit out some weather and used the time to explore the surroundings and play tennis.
Leaving Bivalve, our plan was to head back to Solomon's because our real destination was too far to make in one day. The plan changed when the wind filled in and Grace went charging along and brought us to our target an hour and a half earlier than we thought possible.
The target was Slaughter Creek, east of Taylor's Island on the south side of the Little Choptank River.
The following morning we tied up at the Slaughter Creek marina to explore the island. A funny thing was that the marina owner informed us that he had a bunch of bicycles we were free to use, but he wasn't sure if any were rideable. Suzanne and I spent our first hour doing whirlwind bike repairs and made two functional bikes out of four.
Well done those two sailors.
When I was a young student at college we had an experience somewhat similar. In the College laundry were a gaggle of broken washing machines. My friend in the next room to mine had been working on mending machines for a holiday job. We offered to the Student Union to get as many machines working as we could for a small remuneration. By cannibalizing eight machines he got four working for them in the laundry.
The fifth one which we did not mention was spirited away to our GP room. We were the only corridor with our own private washing machine and spin dryer for two years. When we graduated and left college, a strange fifth machine suddenly re-appeared back in the laundry room.
That's great! We plan some of our adventures based on if there's a washer and dryer at the end.:happy: In fact, Slaughter Creek marina was supposed to have a pair, but was having well issues.
Not so good then Dobbs.
When camping, I have even seen salad spinners used to dry individual bits of clothing. Not the most speedy process but when all your kit is wet in camp on a rainy day anything to aid drying works.Dry socks can make things seem a lot better. :happy:
Rob.
Here's a link to the Taylor's Island Wikipedia page.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tayl...land,_Maryland
As an aside, much of the Eastern Shore is elevation challenged, and the Chesapeake Bay, being a long estuary, can have some interesting tidal effects when the wind blows just right. It hasn't happened this trip, but we have made landfall where it's actually drier to stay on the boat. Some towns have communal "rust trucks" for driving when the roads are under water. As we travel year to year, we see the coastline retreating and the trees dying off from saltwater intrusion. Change is a constant on the Chesapeake.
Got it on Google maps Dobbs, Saw the church and Marina marked.Also the wildlife sanctuary.
Rob.
I'm afraid my storytelling has fallen significantly behind. We arrived back home Tuesday afternoon.
A quick summary of our travels from Taylor's Island; the following morning we headed off to Eastern Bay and the Miles River. Our destination was the quaint little town of Saint Michael's. Mainly we were looking forward to a breakfast the next morning at the Carpenter Street Saloon of cream chipped beef on toast and mimosas before heading off to Chestertown for Downrigging Weekend (Tallships and Bluegrass). When we arrived at St Michael's there was an unexpected guest at the Maritime Museum.
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The trip to Chestertown ended with a bit of boaty rush-hour.
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It was good to see Lynx in attendance. She's my favorite Baltimore Clipper reproduction. She's much smaller than Pride of Baltimore and more representative of what the average clipper would have looked like in my opinion.
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After Downrigging we headed south again to Wye Island for some hiking and to hide from heavy winds in Dividing Creek.
Once the weather let up we were off to Grace Creek off of the Choptank. At Grace Creek, we stopped at P. T. Hambleton's, a traditional oyster dock where Suzanne dinghied in and procured a bucket of oysters.
Once the oysters were aboard, we proceeded to San Domingo Creek where we found some cruising friends anchored. We shared our oysters and a sunset, and the next morning headed in to Carpenter Street for another breakfast of cream chipped beef.
We then crossed the Chesapeake to the Rhode River for more hiking at SERC.
https://serc.si.edu/
Part of the facility is the Java Plantation, which may or may not have been bought with prize money from the defeat of HMS Java.
From there it was two more days sailing north and we were back in our home slip.
Well thanks for all your reports on your cruise Dobbs.
Noe that it is over I don't know what I shall do with the rest of the winter!
Rob.
You're certainly welcome, Rob! Thanks for the rep!
Grace has been tucked in for her long Winter's nap. Now it's time for sailing little plastic ships on a table indoors.
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She looks as if she will be very snug for the winter.
I look forward to seeing your smaller ships taking up the challenge for the winter.
Thanks again for the very interesting and informative illustrated summer log of your voyage.
Rob.