August 19-20, 2014 Days 114-115
Chesapeake Bay
Somers
Cove MarinaCrisfield, MD
On
Tuesday we waited for the rain showers to clear and then walked to a drug store
and to Dollar General, which has some limited food supplies. Many of the
storefronts on Main Street are empty, which is unfortunate. There are some
tourists who come here to take the ferry to visit either Smith Island or
Tangier Island. Crisfield is known as
the Crab Capital and we have seen many watermen on their deadrise boats heading
out for their catch.
The
weather was good on Wednesday, so Bill took advantage of this and washed the
outside of the boat. Joyce worked on
cleaning the inside. We will not be at a
marina again until next Tuesday, so it is important to get many tasks done that
require water or power. We had dinner on board and spent a quiet evening
reading.
We
will depart Crisfield in the morning and cruise north to the Nanticoke River,
about 30-35 miles from here. The river is 40 miles long and we may go as far up
as we can over the next few days. This
river will be new cruising grounds for us!