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!

St Michaels: Take 2

Good morning! (and it IS a good one! this is the best weather we've had yet! cool, 72 maybe?)

I'm at a very cool coffee shop in St Michaels. it used to be a house... there are comfy chairs and couches, my mocha is wonderful and my chocolate muffin is AMAZING!

It's been a few days since I posted... last you knew we were still in Baltimore. From there, we went to Chestertown. It's a tiny little town, not much there, but we still had fun! We had a great supper at a little restaurant called The Blue Heron, just a few blocks from the marina.

We left Chestertown Thursday morning a little later than usual to work around some tide issues. We still got into St Michaels around noonish, despite an incredibly dangerous altercation with a "praying mantis" (that's in quotes because that's what the captain called it. I prefer the term "Ashley-eating prehistoric winged demon," but whatever.)

To get here, we had to go through a very narrow waterway called, appropriately, Kent Narrows. The weather was icky... the picture I took explains it all:

The slip where we docked to begin with was 18.5 ft wide... and so is the boat. Know this: we got into the slip like pros. An overall uneventful docking experience. Those are the best. But after we tied off, the dockmaster conferred with the captain, and we moved to the end of a T-head. We're much happier there.

Thursday night we went to a restaurant we went to with Dick and Fran last summer- it was just as good as we remembered! I had stuffed shrimp! mmmm!

Yesterday, we took the car that Barry and Alice's friends lent them and we drove all around St Michaels and Tilghman Island (BEAUTIFUL middle-of-nowhere... anyone in the market for 935 acres? got an extra $100,000 lying around? seriously.) Oh and we saw this gorgeous church- check out the stained glass! Then we went into Easton, a town a little larger than St Michaels about 15 minutes away... we window shopped and had a good lunch at a pub.

The marina where we're staying has filled up for the weekend- lots of pretty boats... and some not so pretty. If you're wondering, yes, that is a couch. and what looks like a Christmas tree, but we think it's an umbrella.
This is why God made chocolate and vanilla, I suppose.

duck. duck. jellyfish.

Today is July 30, 2009.

I had an amazing morning- woke up late, read my book on the stern with Fran, there was an awesome breeze- this place is beautiful.

We finally got Alice’s sunglasses fixed! (there is more to this story, but we’ll save that for a later time…) We had an adventure at the Pennsylvania Dutch Bakery. We have enough food to last us until the end of time- pies, fruit, bagels, candy, brownies… yum-oh!
After we got all of our finds back to the boat, we headed off in the rental car to St Michaels- over the Bay Bridge. More on that later.

We had lunch at the Crab and Steakhouse Restaurant (I finally had a crab cake!!! Devine, just devine…) just across from the St Michaels Lighthouse. Here’s a picture.

Here are Barry and Dick.

And Alice and Fran.

We saw ducks!

And more jellyfish!

And here are 2 awesome crab boats… they look like they’re about to sink!

We walked around “downtown” St Michaels. Looked in little shops- the town is way cool.

Then we had to take the Bay Bridge back to Annapolis. I decided I’m not a fan. It’s very tall. Cruise ships can fit underneath.

During rush hour, they close one lane of the westbound bridge (there are 2 bridges. One eastbound and one westbound.) and let cars go in the opposite direction! It’s utter chaos! Here’s a picture:

p.s. all day, I’ve been singing that song, “That’s Life” Michael Buble-style… great song.