We stayed anchored for several days on Fishing Bay next to Deltaville. Deltaville has several marinas which seem to specialize in storing boats on the hard for hurricane season while the boat owners go earn enough money to make the run back down the ICW to the Bahamas. The Dollar Store is Deltavilles' Walmart, and yet they have 2 West Marine stores. It is a hard place in which to provision because the one grocery store is a mile or 2 down the main highway with no sidewalk. But it is beautiful.
I don't know how this home owner gets out the front door.
We left Deltaville and made our way to Mill Creek off the Wicomico River. This is our favorite anchorage to date. When we got there the anchorage was empty except for one boat, but not long after, it had filled up. We ended up with four Calibers in the anchorage our first night there. We had a great time visiting with Tom and Doris from Footloose, and Bill and May from Loon. We spent 2 nights there before heading up to the Patuxent River.
Footloose on Mill Creek.
When we got to Solomon Island on the Patuxent, we took a mooring ball for one night at Zanhiser Marina. That is the first time we have paid $40 for a mooring ball. This gave us the privilege of using their laundromat (the only one in town went out of business). So we stayed one night, used their Pee Wee Herman bikes (the chains stayed on), did laundry, then moved about 3 miles up Mill Creek (a different Mill Creek) and anchored. Footloose was there and invited the crew of Acapella and us over for sushi. Doris and Tom did the impossible and got Lisa to eat raw fish. It was great. Acapella was on their way back to the United Kingdom.
When we got to Solomon Island on the Patuxent, we took a mooring ball for one night at Zanhiser Marina. That is the first time we have paid $40 for a mooring ball. This gave us the privilege of using their laundromat (the only one in town went out of business). So we stayed one night, used their Pee Wee Herman bikes (the chains stayed on), did laundry, then moved about 3 miles up Mill Creek (a different Mill Creek) and anchored. Footloose was there and invited the crew of Acapella and us over for sushi. Doris and Tom did the impossible and got Lisa to eat raw fish. It was great. Acapella was on their way back to the United Kingdom.
House on the creek.
Big bucks waiting for their next job.
Houses on the Severn River.
We got to Annapolis the Thursday before Memorial Day weekend. The boat traffic was very busy for a week day. We went up the Severn River and anchored in Weems Creek, which was quite full the first night, but was not too crowded the rest of the weekend. The Coast Guard gave everyone in the anchorage a good look over. Friday morning we noticed a large number of sailboats outside our anchorage on the Severn River. The Coast Guard (in their orange inflatables) would race up to each boat and corral them to one area of the river. This went on for an hour or more before they let them move on down the river. It was graduation weekend for the Navy, and Obama was in town telling the Navy how much he loved them. So that was why they shut the river down for a while.
Pretty schooner for hire made its way through Weems Creek.
Lisa's sister Karen has been in the DC area, so we were able to spend a few days with her here in Annapolis. We had a good visit and took her on a long boat ride up the Severn River to Round Bay. We poked our nose into 4 or 5 creeks on the way back. It must have taken at least an hour.
Big bucks waiting for their next job.
Houses on the Severn River.
We got to Annapolis the Thursday before Memorial Day weekend. The boat traffic was very busy for a week day. We went up the Severn River and anchored in Weems Creek, which was quite full the first night, but was not too crowded the rest of the weekend. The Coast Guard gave everyone in the anchorage a good look over. Friday morning we noticed a large number of sailboats outside our anchorage on the Severn River. The Coast Guard (in their orange inflatables) would race up to each boat and corral them to one area of the river. This went on for an hour or more before they let them move on down the river. It was graduation weekend for the Navy, and Obama was in town telling the Navy how much he loved them. So that was why they shut the river down for a while.
Pretty schooner for hire made its way through Weems Creek.
Lisa's sister Karen has been in the DC area, so we were able to spend a few days with her here in Annapolis. We had a good visit and took her on a long boat ride up the Severn River to Round Bay. We poked our nose into 4 or 5 creeks on the way back. It must have taken at least an hour.
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