After leaving Urbanna in the Rappahannock River, we cruised to Solomons Island, already in Maryland. The bugs were atrocious is this harbor! It was a very closed in and protected anchorage, but it was also a “bug heaven”. By morning, our boat was literally covered in small, mosquito-like bugs, which seemed to give off a green powdery substance so our boat was covered in it! Yuk!
We headed out of Solomons the very next day. Solomons is up the Patuxent River. In the harbor, we saw both Blue Grotto, a 53 foot Selene from our rendezvous with Mike and Renee on board, and Ashton Gray, the mysterious power boat that has been “following” us since the ICW! Our next stop was Cambridge MD, on the Choptank River. We relaxed for a couple of days, and ate lots of oysters and crab cakes! Cambridge is a very small town, but has some lovely old historic homes. Cambridge is famous for being an important link in the underground railway system that was used by many slaves to travel to freedom before the civil war.
We then moved on to Betterton MD , on the Sassafras River. Not much going on here, but it was a quiet anchorage for the night.
We are now anchored in Chesapeake City, which is on the C&D Canal. This is a convenient stopping point for crossing Delaware Bay tomorrow. From there, it’s onto Cape May, then the 30 hour overnight run to Block Island. The weather seems to be shaping up pretty good for the next several days, with no big storms or high winds. A few rain showers and cloudy conditions, but that is not an issue for us for these next few legs.
There is another Selene in our anchorage here, it looks like a 43 foot older model, and still has “Solo” badges – Solo was the predecessor name of the Selene boats. Amazing! Everywhere we go we see Selenes!!
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