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| Heading toward the Tred Avon River and Oxford, Maryland |
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| Crab pots are marked with all sorts of buoys.......yellow flags are nice and visible! We don't want to run them over or get their lines tangled in our propellor or rudder. |
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| Happy captain is smiling in the shadow of his hat :) |
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| No more tangles! |
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| Very peaceful anchorage in Plaindealing Creek near Oxford |
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| Sunset from Plaindealing Creek - no filter. |
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| Never swam on this trip.....too many moon jellies. |
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| Dinghied around Oxford on Sunday, August 23rd |
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| Sights on Town Creek |
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| Crab pots at a dock |
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| Very cute little town |
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| Time for lunch... |
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| ....in the tavern at the Robert Morris Inn. |
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| A large crab swam by the boat |
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| A waterman checking his trotlines for crabs on Monday morning. |
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| Our friends were coming down to their sailboat on Tuesday, so we crossed the bay on Monday afternoon. |
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| This crab pot marker is not as easily seen as the yellow flags. Some are just black buoys....very hard to see! |
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| Heading up the South River as a storm approaches. |
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| We were safely anchored in Aberdeen Creek when the rain and lightning moved in. Thankfully, there wasn't much wind. |
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| The sky turned a funky shade of orange just before the storm. |
Bud and Sandy arrived on Tuesday morning and we set off to explore some of their favorite locations :)
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| Following Acadia down the South River |
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| Virginia Dare motoring out the South River into the bay (photo credit: Bud Menchey) |
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| Bloody Point Light and the Bay Bridge in the distance |
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| Role reversal: Lisa at the helm, David as the crew |
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| Virginia Dare anchored in Dividing Creek -- we were surprised to see a ray when we dropped anchor here. |
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| Cocktails on Acadia -- Carly likes happy hour, she gets lots of treats! |
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| Sunset from Dividing Creek |
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| Sunrise the following morning (photo credit: David Cooper) |
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| Bud and Carly |
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| Sandy aboard Acadia (beautiful Cape Dory 36) |
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| Acadia under sail |
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| Virginia Dare under sail (photo credit: Bud Menchey) |
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| Happy hour on Virginia Dare. My parents have sailed many miles with Bud and Sandy. It was fun to get together! |
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| Pretty church in St. Michaels |
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| Sunset from our anchorage in St. Michaels. |
We spent the last two nights anchored in the Rhode River near the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. Click here to read about their research of cownose rays in the bay.
All in all, it was a really great trip......very lazy anchorages and no boat chores :) Just what we needed!
