R Island: July 20-21, 2014 Georgetown, MD

It will be difficult to be positive in this blog, but I will try.

Georgetown is a community near the north end of the bay and on the eastern shore. It should not be confused with the Georgetown near Washington DC.

The Bay was calm and the slight breeze on our nose made for a pleasant passage - until the other boaters woke up and fired up their engines. I am positive (see, I'm trying) that most boaters on the Bay believe they are God's gift to the boating industry and can go full speed as close to other boaters as they please. I am positive, that they never heard of the law that "You are responsible for any damage caused by your wake". The trip ended pretty miserably as we ventured 7 miles up the Sassafras river amid all types of craft going every which way; and culminated with about 100 boats anchored right next to, and into, the channel right in front of the marinas. I am also positive that the marina has spent no money on their docks since they were built 35 years ago. See how positive I can be! Never travel to Georgetown on a weekend - it just isn't worth it.

Georgetown is a small, almost non-existent, town that supports about 5 marinas that are easy for people living in New Jersey and Pennsylvania to commute to. They claim to have a plaque that George Washington slept there, but no one seems to know exactly where George slept or where the plaque is. There are 2 restaurants, both owned by the same folks, but managed by different staffs. We tried one each night. The first had great service and adequate food and the second had rotten service and pretty good food. I am positive they could do better.

We got first hand experience with the "algae bloom". When the water heats up in late summer, the algae blooms a bright green and the water gets so green that you can barely see 12" into it. A photo follows.

Needles to say, we were happy to leave on a Tuesday. The water was calm, the scenery very nice, and the river a beautiful Kelly green.