July 8 - 10, 2014 Solomons MD

Had a long way to travel today, 51 miles, so up at 5:00 and out smoothly at 6:00. The first half of the trip was a little rough with 1-2 foot waves and 3-4 foot swells, but all calmed down as soon as we got north of the Potomac and into MD waters.

Light House with "Out House".

Tall ship headed south, we were headed north.

That afternoon we washed the boat and rested up a little. Mike and Lois had been at Solomon's while we had family time and so we had dinner on R Island and got caught up. Ger fixed chicken breasts on the grill and Judie made rice and snow peas. A bottle of wine finished us off.

 

Next day we did some laundry in the morning and launched the dingy. In the afternoon we motored over to the Calvert Maritime Museum and spent several hours learning about the Calvert Cliffs that line the western shore of the Bay for about 30 miles going north. They had mockups of the cliffs, videos/movies explaining the geological shifts and the ebb and flow of ice ages and global warming millions of years ago, and the formation of the Bay as we know it today. Simply Amazing!! Some really cool skeletons also, one being one of only two in the world of a 50 foot shark.

Even the camera is shaking just looking at it

The museum also had a nice collection of recent boats and a light house that had been moved there after retiring from active service. It was completely restored and the living quarters looked comfortable - a nice small apartment.

Later that afternoon we went for a nice ride in the dingy ride looking at all the boats. There are about 8 marina's at Solomons and all were very full and busy. Wanted to go out to dinner, but a storm warning was issued so we ate on the boat and called it an early evening. Good thing we did as we got 4" of water in the dingy and I had to borrow a pump to get it out. Never thought of having something to bail out water..... Next day was off and on rain, so we caught a ride to the grocery store and did some chores around the boat. Next morning we fueled up and headed for St. Michaels MD. We are getting about 3.7 miles per gal.  - which feels good until you see it in print! Mike took our photo leaving - Ger at the upper helm station and Judie tending to lines on the starboard side.