Yorktown, VA

Howdy! Greetings from Yorktown!

I'm having a hard time remembering where we've been. I left you in St Michaels. From there, we went to.... Oxford! It was a rainy day, uneventful ride over, but we did get to see a very cool sailboat race! After we got in, Barry and Alice's friends Jeff and Darlene invited us to their house for lunch. We took a ferry (the longest continuously running ferry in the country, apparently. Since the early 1600's!!) out of Oxford and he drove us to his house...  estate, really. They live on a very cool farm. I, of course, forgot the camera, but just know the house is beautiful. and Jeff tells the BEST stories! We had a VERY nice Sunday.

From Oxford, we went to Crisfield. There was some serious wind that made for a frustrating docking experience. Nothing serious.
Crisfield had a POOL! I got some chores done and had a wonderful afternoon sunning it up!
That was Monday.
Tuesday, Brie came to see me! it's a 2-ish hour ride from here house, and she picked me up, and we went to Ocean City! (we look a little rained-on and wind-blown... oh well!)
It was really great to see her again. We thought we had caught up in Baltimore, but we were so wrong! a year is a long time!

We left Crisfield yesterday, and made a slight detour through Tangier Island. Yes, through. There's a waterway that lets you get a little tour of the island. It's an interesting place- a fishing community, and not much else. They live right on the water, and have shacks built out in the water where they bring in their catch. The only way to get anywhere is by boat. We were there around 8 yesterday morning and it was like a ghost town. Too late to catch the watermen and too early to see any tourists.


Also, we got to see Wolf Trap Light again! Love this one!
Then we got into Yorktown around 1. We had to wait on a storm to pass before we came into the marina. Then before another storm came in, we washed down the boat.

Today, we're gonna take a car into Williamsburg! I'm excited! I've never been. I'll take lots of pictures. There's a great wi-fi signal here... glad I could catch you up! Thanks for reading!

Adventures in Baltimore...

Good morning! We're in Baltimore! I'm at Starbucks, which is, conveniently, just a block away from the marina!
weeeee!

We left Annapolis yesterday morning and had a pleasant 4ish hour ride.

We saw Sandy Point Light...




Also, we saw the Francis Scott Key Memorial Bouy!
...yeah... apparently this is how we honor the person responsible for writing The Star Spangled Banner!? (...tune in next week to see the Rosa Parks Memorial Stop Sign!)

We got into Baltimore around lunch time... and you'll NEVER GUESS who came to see me!!! The one, the only, Brielle Smoot! Aaaaaaagh!

You missed her as much as I did! We had a blast... had about a year of life to catch up on. She and Mike (you remember Mike! Biggest sweetheart! You missed him TOO!) took me to a hamburger place called B.W. Wreck's... or W.E. Mike's... or something... anyway- great burgers! awesome beer! had fun! :)

Then we found a RITA'S!!!!!



You should know- I did take another picture after this one... and made Brie move the straw from in front of her face, but this one was just so good- with both of them laughing at some hilarious thing I said, that I just had to post it. It's my blog, I can do what I want.

Today, the weather is very nice... not quite as hot as yesterday. Gonna go take a walk around the city, see what I can find...

Hope you're all doing well! Thanks for reading! :)