The sights and sounds of the east coast seem amplified here in the Chesapeake. Between the naval presence, the architecture, and the shoreline beauty there’s always something to behold down each finger and around each turn.
Chesapeake, Spend a day or a Summer
SAMMONS ISLAND! – Chesapeake Bay, MarylandREAL Crab Cakes – The bestThe original Drum Point Lighthouse on display at Calvert Maritime Museum, one of the four Chesapeake cottage type lighthouses.From the anchorage we were able to watch the Naval air station at Patuxent River practice with many types of airships including the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey…. a helicopter type airplane with the long-range, high-speed cruise performance of a turboprop aircraft. Cool sights and sounds here!!
Annapolis is an amazing harbor town where all roads lead to the Maryland State House – where George Washington emotionally resigned as commander-in-chief marking the beginning of civilian authority over the military.
So fun just walking around historic districts on the east coast – The charm of the architecture is captivating
Our mooring ball at the Annapolis City Docks was right outside Ego Alley & the Naval Academy.
Annapolis is really a drinking town with a sailing problem
a local
Reacquainted with old friends from Ottawa, IL now living in Annapolis
Annapolis Naval Academy – If you look closely at the wave in the submarine sculpture you see faces of actual seamen lost at sea – commemorating 100 years of the submarine force.Every morning we woke to the academy trumpet blowing Reveille and the Star Spangled Banner & in the evening, instead of a conch horn, we would get a full blown Taps…something we looked forward to at the end of each day! Bancroft Hall houses the entire academy student body, 4,000 midshipmen, the largest college dorm in the world.
The Jersey Shore – Cape May, NJ – an Atlantic coastal town with a Victorian influence. Great charming beach town we would return to in the future.
Always fun to have friends visit along the way! Thanks Kathy and Dave
Barnegat Light, NJ – a fishing town with a more modern fleet than we’ve seen thus far – we missed the ‘Blessing of the Fleet’ by one day:(
We left at first light to outrun a storm – we were escorted by the local Coast Guard – the inlet is wild & willy, Sea C plowed bow first like a champ into 9 foot rolling waves.
Loopin' with Mike n Pam 