Well, we are back in Maryland...our home State! Our trip up the Bay was uneventful, and our first MD anchorage filled us with nostalgia.
Southern Maryland is a special place, where people are happy, welcoming, and southern😁
A beautiful Chesapeake Bay Oyster Buyboat cruised past our anchorage. My childhood memories are abound with images of Skipjacks and Buyboats on the Chesapeake Bay. Skipjacks are sailing vessels that harvest oysters, and Buyboats were the boats that transported the oysters from the harvest boats to the shucking houses. Both boat designs incorporated large catch storage areas on shallow draft vessels to support the booming oyster industry in the shallow waters of the Chesapeake. While the Buyboat has become obsolete with less expensive trucking options, there are still several Skipjacks operating on the Bay today.
Working Buyboat (with a pile of oysters on deck) dated 1968.
As we leave Solomons, Maryland we say goodbye to our dolphin friends. It is rare to see them in the northern part of the Bay.
You will notice that several pictures in this post have a dirty lens issue. In an attempt to clean the lens, we clearly made the problem much worse...so for this post you are stuck with bad pictures...sorry!
Lighthouses are the nostalgic structures I love seeing on the Chesapeake. Can you guess the purpose of the tiny structure hanging off the edge of the base? If you said ‘outhouse’you are correct!
Point No Point Light, located at the mouth of the Potomac River. First lit in 1905, automated in 1938, and manned until 1962. Could you imagine living here year-round?
Sandy Point Shoal Lighthouse was built in 1883. I am happy to see some repairs are underway!
Thomas Point Light, built and first lit in 1875. This screw pile design was relatively inexpensive, easy to construct in muddy environments, and quick to assemble. This was the last manned lighthouse on Chesapeake Bay, and was not automated until 1986. It’s also clear to see that this lighthouse gets a LOT more love than the others!
This diagram (from Wikipedia) makes it easy to see how screw-pile lighthouses get their strength and stability by screwing the long piling into the muddy bottom.
We are now anchored in our ‘home port’ anchorage in Eagle Cove on the Magothy River.
We are now anchored in our ‘home port’ anchorage in Eagle Cove on the Magothy River.
We have hosted several peaceful sunset dinners! It was a beautiful night when Kyanna and Malik visited!
As well as several ‘fun in the sun’ afternoons. I apologize to friends and family who aren’t pictured in this post, but I often get caught up in the moment, and don’t get any/decent pictures.
Our most exciting excursion has been to see the Blue Angels practice.
I’m super happy my dad could join us! We had a total of 5 guests for this event, and a great time was had by all.
Again, our pictures aren’t great, but the show was fantastic! The planes passed directly overhead, and flew for hours on the practice day!
An amazing sight to see, and hear, and feel!
We have decided to hang around the Chesapeake for a few more weeks, before heading to Maine for the summer. Our house will be going on the market in a few weeks, and we want to be here to facilitate the transition. This also gives us more time to hang out with friends and family👍
These pictures were posted on ‘Nextdoor’ and were clearly taken by someone who had a much better camera😁
These pictures were posted on ‘Nextdoor’ and were clearly taken by someone who had a much better camera😁
