Choptank to Solomons, MD, then Reedville, VA

 

photo as we leave the protected upper Choptank

Oct 23. This afternoon, the winds on the bay seem good to motorsail to the Solomons, MD, to arrive at or just before sunset at 6:15 today.  Went down to 15 from 20 knots of wind.  Justice loves 15 knots. It later wound down to 5 so we motorsailed most of the way.

What I call the "3 M" tugs at Solomons up Mill Creek. First boats on the right.

Pleasant anchorage, "no" wind all night. Woke up to frost on the hatch and fog till the sun burned it off in the morning.

                                                  The Pride of Baltimore II, heading north

                                                https://pride2.org/

Arrived Reedville VA around 4:15 pm Tues. Oct 24.

Reedville is a boatbuilding and fishing town. We didn't go ashore, but you should!

There is a menhaden processing plan, Omega Protein here. Big fishing boats with their "satellite net boats" on the stern come and go. It's all lit up at night like a city. We anchored on a tiny cove big enough for one boat off Cockrell Creek. First right up the creek. The shallow areas are marked by sticks and a pile of rocks.

There is a Reedville Fisherman's Museum! https://rfmuseum.org/  Has several ships on display including the John Smith's Barge "Spirit of 1608"

The Omega Protein plant and ships. View from Fleeton Bay

We anchored in the TINY Fleeton Bay, first bay on the right up Cockrell Crk from Ingram Bay/Great Wicomico River. Room for one boat since much of it is shallow, marked by sticks. Perfect place for us this time.

Then... in the darkness of night....the day ended in murder, again. 

(We are watching the Hulu series by Steve Martin and Martin Short called "Only Murders In The Building")