SOLOMON'S to OXFORD / Monday, May 16 - Tuesday, May 17 (Days 116-117)

Admiral's Log:     11:45 am, Mon. 5/16/16
                          Winds:   15 mph
                          Speed:   5.6

This is just a quick trip to an anchorage around the corner. We were hoping to head to the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake to Cambridge and Oxford but the winds have kicked up. We did not want to pay another night at the Marina just to sit around, so went to Mill Creek to anchor for the night. Not long after we got there the winds seemed to die down, but we were all comfy reading and relaxing so we just decided to be sorry all day. We fixed chili and watched the Lightning lose :-( to the Penguins.

Admiral's Log:     6:55 am, Tues. 5/17/16
                         Winds:   Calm
                         Speed:   9.7 knots

Fish Traps, can do a number on your prop if not careful

Calvert Cliffs, people find fossils and sea glass pretty regularly

Cove Point Lighthouse

Sharp's Island Lighthouse, this island is underwater now, marked only by this shoal.

Another overcast morning! We were planning on going up the Choptank River to Cambridge, but with the rain predicted, we just decided to skip it and go to a Marina in Oxford along the Tred Avon River. Wellll, not much to see in Oxford either. These little waterman villages are beginning to all look a like. We did have a good lunch at the Pope's Tavern. There are several Bed and Breakfast's and cute Inns here. One of the more well-known Inns is the Robert Morris Inn; where James Michener enjoyed crab cakes while working on his book "Chesapeake". Robert Morris was a good friend of George Washington and was one of the signer's of the Declaration of Independance. We also heard it's where many of the DC/Annapolis elites have summer homes to get away from the rat race. Cute homes and beautiful flowers.

Robert Morris Inn

Speaking of "Chesapeake", the previous owners of our boat left a copy on board. So I decided what the heck, I figured I'm in the Chesapeake so I can relate. Most of the book takes place along the Choptank River, so is really cool to be going down these same rivers and towns, and learning about the early settlers, wars, ship building, tobacco and slave trading, oysters, crabs and geese. It is 1000 pages and covers 400 years of American History, just really cool stuff!

Tonight it's leftovers and more hockey.