Summer Trip to The Great Wicomico River

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by Cheri + Tom Ward 25 October 2015 Sort-into-Categories Chesapeake Bay 39 photos 2526 views

Our two week Summer vacation took us from Herring Bay to the Little Choptank, Patuxent, Potomac and Great Wicomico Rivers. Found some excellent anchorages, learned some history, met some great folks. Had some good food too! And fishing....had some good fishing. Overall, had a great time.

Our first nights anchorage, Casson Point at Hudson Creek on the Little Choptank River. This is a nice spot, well…

Casson Point with the Little Choptank in the background.

Heading out the Little Choptank on the second day. Our new wind generator is cranking away on one of the few days we…

Fish trap at entrance to Patuxent River.

Bella standing "bridge watch".

Sunset on Mill Creek off of Cuckold Creek.

This was our second night's anchorage, a nice secluded cove on Mill Creek, just off Cuckold Creek.

Third day took us past Point No Point Light on our way to the Potomac River.

Turning into the Potomac River we were met with 30 knot winds and waves that hindered our progress until we hugged the…

View across Horseshoe Bend on the St. Marys River.

We spent about 4 hours walking around the reconstructed city. This is a really great place to visit, like a…

The Statehouse. St. Marys City was the first capitol of Maryland.

Much of the shoreline on St. Marys River looks like this. Simply beautiful.

The Dove. This is a reproduction of the cargo vessel that accompanied the ship the original settlers came over on. This…

Cheri getting some fresh herbs from the garden at St. Marys City. The folks there were very friendly. We only got 2…

Downtown St. Marys City.

Bella cooling off on a hot day.

Cactus flowers at the Dove's dock.

Tour guides were dressed in period clothing. This one was even running around bare foot.

Statehouse stairs. Looks like one of Escher's designs.

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