August 22-23, 2014 Days 117-118
Chesapeake Bay
Nanticoke
River, Vienna Town DockVienna, MD
It
rained most of Friday so we stayed on board.
Bill did more bird carving and Joyce read and did some cleaning. We saw lights of another boat approaching about
10:00 pm and Bill went out and helped them get tied up. They traveled all day in the rain on their
sailboat and were grateful for the help in the dark. We are at a free town dock so there are no facilities
and no lights. We do have very good and well maintained docks though!
Today,
Saturday was the day for the Tomato Festival, so we attended that off and on
all day. It was right here on the waterfront, so we could come back to the boat
as needed. We walked around the booths and met many of the vendors. We walked down
to the Community Center and met a local author. We listened to two different
music groups perform in the gazebo.
We had lunch under the tent – had to have fried green tomatoes with the cheeseburgers! The final event was the “Tomato Wars” which was consisted of teams throwing very ripe tomatoes at each other! It was a full day of family fun for the community and we enjoyed the atmosphere. The weather was cooler today and the rain held off until after the event was over!
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| A view of some of the booths from our boat |
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| The Tomato Wars |
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| Bluegrass band entertainment |
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| More booths |
We had lunch under the tent – had to have fried green tomatoes with the cheeseburgers! The final event was the “Tomato Wars” which was consisted of teams throwing very ripe tomatoes at each other! It was a full day of family fun for the community and we enjoyed the atmosphere. The weather was cooler today and the rain held off until after the event was over!
We
also walked to a Farmers Market today and bought cantaloupe, fresh corn on the
cob and yes, a tomato!
We
had dinner on board and planned our trip tomorrow. We will continue to the
headwaters of this river, the Nanticoke, which will take us to Seaford,
Delaware.
