It was hot, humid and very hazy as we left Annapolis and headed back across the Chesapeake Bay to Rock Hall, Maryland on the eastern shore. We have been zig zagging our way up the Bay the past few weeks.
These are container ships waiting their turn to head up to Baltimore, huge shipping port. They look rather ghostly in the haze.
We passed under the William P. Lane bridge, known as The Bay Bridge. It’s almost 5 miles long and the clearance for a ship would be 186 feet. That’s 11 feet taller than the Sunshine Bridge in Florida. Big bridges creep me out, along with many others. My cousin, Janice, who lives out here told me there are Highway Patrolmen who will drive you across in your vehicle to the other side.
Rock Hall is a quiet little town, but gets busy on the weekend when people flood over the bridge to get away. We will have left, but this upcoming weekend is Pirate and Wenches Fantasy weekend. It sounds like a hoot! Lots of music, pirate re-enactments, prizes, food and a pirate parade on water. Argggh, may have to come back again some day.
Had to make a stop in the soda fountain. It was like walking back in time. Tin ceilings, malts, memorabilia, home made lemonade and ice cream. Even an old wooden telephone booth.
Spent a little time cooling off in the pool here at the marina and then went for supper at Watermen’s Crab House. It’s only about 100 feet away from the boat so how could we not go there for dinner.
We shared a bucket of crabs, mussels and clams.
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