Sept 27, Kent Narrows

September 27

There was no wind when we left St. Michaels as we headed towards Kent Narrows.  Our destination was The Jetty, a dock and dine in Kent Narrows.  Leaving the Tread Avon River we decided to travel through Knapps Narrows which cut about 6 miles off our journey.  Even though we read that they dredge this section often we kissed bottom after we went under the bridge.  While in the narrow channel our depth alarm was sounding the majority of the time.  Unfortunately, we went through this section of water at low tide.  Arrived at The Jetty and docked and had a fun filled  evening watching football and eating crab.

 

Knapps Narrows highway bridge

 

Approaching Kent Narrows

 

 

The Jetty restaurant which offered a dock and dine and some great sea food.  We watched the

Baltimore Ravens beat the Chicago Bears.

 

 

Our waitress brought us out a fresh MD blue crab and showed us how to eat one!

Delicious!

 

 

 

 

 

Sept 26, St. Michaels, MD

September 26

St Michaels

 

Relaxing with a refreshing beverage after shopping

 

I am sure Ken is thinking as long as I am sitting outside of the shop, that is a good thing!

 

 

 

We had a wonderful time at St. Michaels.  Riding the dinghy back to the boat and enjoying some nature.

 

 

 

 

Sept 25, St Michaels

September 25

We are in a quite anchorage in Broad Creek.  Took the dinghy into town which was a two block walk and enjoyed all the upscale shops and the streets lined with 18th century homes.

St Michael's Maritime museum

 

Hoope Lighthouse

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sept. 24th, Oxford

September 24

We anchored in Plaindealing Creek, a very quiet anchorage, and the next morning we entered the Tred Avon River to explore Oxford.  A museum, small grocery store with a diner and post office is what this town had to offer.  It was surrounded with historic homes with white picket fences. Matter of fact next week, they will have a white picket fence contest!  Sounds exciting!

Oxford is the oldest town on the Eastern Shore and one of the oldest in continuous existence in the
U. S.  Its first citizens were Choptank Indians.  No one knows when the first white settler arrived or who they were, but there were settlers and plantations here as early as 1659.  Oxford was named the first Port of Entry, on the Eastern Shore in 1683.  The town was riding high on tobacco by the time Robert Morris Sr.,  a Liverpool merchant and shipper, landed here with his 13 year old son, Robert Jr., in 1747.  Morris Sr., a canny entrepreneur, helped enrich the area's planters and merchants, who built fabulous mansions along the Tred Avon River, many of which are still here today.

In their desire to thank the man who had helped bring such prosperity, the townspeople set off a cannon salute on Morris' return from a trip to Liverpool.  Unfortunately, it accidentally killed him!  His son, Robert Morris Jr is one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.
We took the dinghy to shore and within a few hours we were back on the boat heading for
St. Michaels.

 

Oxford Museum featured this Oyster Clock...note the size of the oyster shells!

 

Old typewriter...select a key and push lever to type the selected letter, then repeat the process to type the second letter.


 

 

 

 

 

Sept 23, Cambridge

September 23

Cambridge



 

New Cambridge Lighthouse



 

Cambridge Mariner's Museum

 

Old tongs and dredge for oysters and crabs.



 

Sept. 22, Cambridge, MD

September 22

Cambridge...what a wonderful town! Historic Downtown Cambridge, Maryland, is an authentic Chesapeake town on the Eastern Shore which is known for its rich history, beautiful buildings, and vibrant arts scene.

 

We took a historic tour of the town.
 

 

Harriet Tubman museum was small but full of data.  The video covered the life of Harriet Tubman, a Conductor of the underground railroad.  The information, pictures and artifacts provided a fantastic view into the life and accomplishments of Mrs. Tubman.  It as a true history lesson.

 

 

 Skipjack race
 

 

Illumination of the new Lighthouse

 

Sept 21, Leaving Solomons

 

September 21

 

Leaving Solomons, MD and we both agreed that we could have spent more time visiting Washington DC.  This was a cool marina which offered a free breakfast at the Beacon Hotel Comfort Inn.  My kind of marina!

  



 

 

 

 

 

Arrived at Cambridge Maryland

 

 

Sept 20th, Washington DC

September 20

This is the second day that we traveled to Washington DC by a rental car.  We were amazed that we did not run into any major traffic.  Our fist stop was the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.  This is one of the most famous museums featuring the Wright Brothers' 1903 Flyer and Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis.  This impressive museum displays the largest collection of air and spacecraft in the world. Our next stop was the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian.  This is the newest museum of the National Mall in Washington, DC and showcases Native American objects from ancient pre-Columbian civilizations through the 21st century. Unfortunately,
we only had time to visit two of the museums.

 

Smithsonian American Native Museum

 

Geronimo's gun on left

 

 

Wrights Brother"s plane that flew at Kitty Hawk

Spirit of St. Louis

Amelia Earhart disappeared July 2, 1937 over the Pacific ocean en route to Howland Island.  She was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic in 1932 and was America's "Queen of the Air".

Apollo Capsule

 

 

 

 

Sept 19th, Washington DC afternoon

Washington DC afternoon...

 

Christopher Columbus

 

Civil War soldiers

 

Ulysses S Grant

 

The Thomas Jefferson Memorial is dedicated to Thomas Jefferson, and American Founding Father and third president of the United States.  The neoclassical building was designed by the architect John Russell Pope and was completed in 1943.  The bronze statue of Jefferson was added in 1947.

 

Jefferson Memorial

 

FDR Memorial is a 7.5 acre site and depicts the 12 pivotal years of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's presidency through a series of four outdoor gallery rooms.  the rooms feature ten bronze sculptures depicting President Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt and events from the Great Depression and World War II.  The park-like setting includes waterfalls and quiet pools amidst a meandering wall of reddish Dakota granite, where Roosevelt's inspiring words are carved.  "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself..."iconic words from an iconic president. It is the first memorial in Washington, DC purposely designed to be totally wheelchair accessible.

Franklin Roosevelt, like three other presidents whose memorials grace the National Mall, commanded attention because of his stature.  Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Roosevelt all stood over six feet tall.  Before he was confined to a wheelchair, FDR stood out in a crowd at 6'2" tall.

 

Remembrance of the Depression at the FDR Memorial

 

 

 

 

The Lincoln Memorial is an American national monument built to honor the 16th president of he United States, Abraham Lincoln.  The building is in the form of a Greek Doric temple and contains a large seated sculpture of Abraham Lincoln and inscriptions of two well-knows speeches by Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address and his Second Inaugural Address.

 

 

 

 

Ford Theater where Lincoln was shot.