Tues, June 1, We first made conservative plans to sail to Little Choptank for next night's shelter, but after seeing that old James Island had only a few trees left on it at "sea level" (it looked bigger on the chart), not to be much shelter from wind or waves, we figure we might as well sail to the "big" Choptank and possibly see some friends. We made the choice to not turn right around 1 pm, so we had lots of time to to get there by mid afternoon. We spinnakered a bit, then motorsailed when the wind dwindled.
James Island - now 3 separate tiny islands, north of Taylors Island, in the 1660s totalled 1350 acres.
So, we didn't make any of our 5 goal rivers or towns mentioned on the "first page", but we did explore a SMALL portion of the eastern shore shallows, and are glad we did it. We know we just "have a taste" and an idea of how much time we need to make it to Crisfield and Onancock next time.
Boaters know about "boat time". Plans change day to day, hour to hour. Because we WANT them to change or because they HAVE to due to weather, etc. Again, we might have made it farther south if we didn't hang out in the 2 Mill Creeks off of the Patuxent during the stormy weather. With the possible poor holding power of the eastern shore mud and large spaces between sheltered areas, we didn't want to be caught there in bad weather.
We headed up the Leadenham River to Baby Owl Cove. Some friends took us to visit Oxford and back.
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