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Sept. 12 – St. Michaels, MD

Day 178 – Bike TripSan Domingo Creek – AnchorageThis area of the Eastern Shore is very popular with bicyclists. The countryside is fairly flat with beautiful scenery. We rode from St. Michaels to Easton, this area runs along the Miles River and is mos…

Sept. 11 – St. Michaels, MD

Day 177 – Enjoying our SundaySan Domingo Creek – AnchorageWe woke up to thick fog this morning…good thing we weren’t trying to cruise today. The fog gave me a good excuse to watch the coverage of the 9/11 anniversary.  After lunch we took the …

Sept. 10 – St. Michaels, MD

Day 176 – Eagle SightingsSan Domingo Creek – AnchorageWe woke to a nice day with just a slight fog rising off the water. We passed quite a few crabbers as we left this morning; I guess we should have put our crab trap in the water last night. We had …

Sept. 9 – Wye Island

Day 175 – Finally Moving AgainGranary Creek – AnchorageWe woke up to cloudy weather…again. The wearer report said it was going to clear, so we got the boat ready to leave. We left at 10:30, right as the bridge opened. We had a short trip to Wye Islan…

Sept. 8 – Kent Narrows, MD

Day 174 – More Rain & More CrabsPiney Narrows Yacht CenterYou just can’t see much of an area when you’re stuck on a boat in the rain. The rain didn’t stop us from crabbing. We put our crab trap in the water first thing this morning and with in a co…

Sept. 7 – Kent Narrows, MD

Day 173 – Still RainingPiney Narrows Yacht CenterWe’ve been on this great adventure for six months today, and we really have been lucky with weather. This is our first week we’ve actually been stuck somewhere when we’d really like to move on. We are th…

Sept. 6 – Kent Narrows, MD

Day 172 – Waiting on WeatherPiney Narrows Yacht CenterI kind of hate to mention our weather when so much of our home state of Texas needs rain and cooler weather. The stories and pictures we are seeing are heart breaking. The east coast is drowning whi…

Sept. 5 – Kent Narrows, MD

Day 171 – Back to a MarinaPiney Narrows Yacht HavenWe woke up to a nice day, but we knew the weather was going to deteriorate during the day. There’s a front moving in and the remnants of tropical storm Lee, so we will have wind and rain the next few d…

Sept. 4 – Queenstown, MD

Day 170 – Exploring & ShoppingQueenstown Creek – AnchorageWe left our anchorage in good time this morning and made our way across the Chester River to Queenstown Creek. It was very busy today…boats everywhere. Today’s anchorage is very pretty, …

Sept. 3 – Chester River, MD

Day 169 – Fresh VeggiesComegys Bight – AnchorageWe took the dinghy to town this morning and went to the farmers market. We both enjoy spending a morning strolling through booths of local produce, fresh baked goods, flowers and artist booths. Today wa…