August 25,26 2014 Days 120-121
Chesapeake Bay
At
Anchor, Marshyhope Creek, Nanticoke River Near Brookview, MD
The bridge did open as promised and we left promptly at 3:00pm and retraced our route down part of the river. We decided to check out Broad Creek as a possible anchorage and cruised on it for two hours, returning near the entrance to the creek to anchor. It is another meandering, narrow creek with houses dotting the side in many places. We had an amazing quiet night and the stars lit up the sky!
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| Broad Creek |
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| We don't usually see farmers at work |
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| Charts are not always right! This shows us on land but we cruised at least two more miles with plenty of water on Marshyhope Creek |
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| The 11' bridge at Brookville - end of the creek ride for us! |
The bridge did open as promised and we left promptly at 3:00pm and retraced our route down part of the river. We decided to check out Broad Creek as a possible anchorage and cruised on it for two hours, returning near the entrance to the creek to anchor. It is another meandering, narrow creek with houses dotting the side in many places. We had an amazing quiet night and the stars lit up the sky!
We
departed that anchorage at 0800 today and traveled five miles to the entrance
of Marshyhope Creek. We then cruised another five miles up the creek and could
go no farther due to an eleven foot bridge that does not open. So, we turned
around and anchored about ¼ mile from it.
A resident came out and took our picture when we turned around. We doubt
that many big boats come up the creek this far! This is another quiet spot. We
only saw one fishing boat and two jet skis today!
Bill
took advantage of the warm engines and changed the engine oil this
afternoon. Joyce worked on reading and
budgeting! She also took the ALS Ice
Bucket Challenge and posted the video on Facebook.
We
will spend one more night here and plan to take a dinghy ride on Wednesday.
