Herring Bay, MD just off the Chesapeake Bay; May 10, 2011

Link to anchorage in Herring Bay, MD via Google Maps

Looking east towards the Chesapeake Bay. The buoy is a shoal warning for 2 miles of shallow water. 

Traveled though narrow parts of the Chesapeake today where you could see land on both side.
This side had tall and rugged looking cliffs

The other side of the Bay had clusters of trees and some sandy beaches

We saw several fishing boats pulling nets

This is a busy fishing area. You have to be on the lookout for buoy's with flags.
They are marking a fish net.

Sometimes you have to alter your course to steer clear of the big ships.

Looks like a small work barge, but we weren't sure.

Calvert Marina in Solomons, MD; May 9, 2011

Link to marina in Solomons, MD via Google Maps

Lollygag at the dock with two research vessels.
Captain of the ship said they were mapping depths of the waterways to update maps. 

Getting grocery's in style  - Mercedes Benz courtesy car
Not old enough to be an antique, but plenty old to have a few quirks !

We watched this hyper bird fly in and out of a hole in a piling next to the boat. It flew in and out so fast that it was next to impossible to get a picture or figure out what kind of bird it was.

This little bird looks like an Eastern Bluebird.

Looks like birds are bringing food back to the nest and we could hear little peeps as we were going by.

Solomons, MD; May 7, 2011

Link to anchorage in Solomons harbor, MD; May 7, 2011

Busy harbor - view off our bow

View off the stern

Nice to see changing scenery today

Interesting boat flying the AGLCA burgee 

In Maryland on the Chesapeake Bay; May 6, 2011

We continued north into Maryland today and crossed the mouth of the Potomac River.

Short day due to small craft advisory on the Chesapeake.

Clouds over the Chesapeake

Osprey taking off 

Narrow shallow channel coming into the anchorage

New gull to identify

Nearest neighbor 

Link to anchorage north of Point Lookout, Maryland via Google Maps

On the Maryland boarder; May 3, 2011

Link to anchorage on the VA / MD boarder via Google Maps

We are at the halfway point on the Chesapeake

Highwire act when your mast doesn't fold down

dragonfly riding on the mast line

Chesapeake Bay, VA; May 2, 2011

This is the Chesapeake Bay.

It's the second biggest body of water we've ever been on.

Very beautiful.

We started at Norfolk, Virginia and are currently at Deltaville.

Link to anchorage at Deltaville on the Chesapeake via Google Maps

• Chesapeake Bay is 200 miles long and the average dept is 21 feet ! 
• Most of the Bay is extremely shallow and a person 6 feet tall could wade through over 7000,000 acres.
• Course, there are a few deep shipping channels over 100 feet deep so ships can get to the ports.
•  It's interesting to learn about Chesapeake Bay!

At anchor we watched jellyfish all around the boat. 

It was amazing to see and I tried to get video.

On the move again; May 1, 2011

Blog withdrawal !

                                                                                                                                                                                               

We have been in Hampton, Virginia for a week taking care of business . . . . . . very inconvenient.

We are happy to be back on the blue highways and headed north.

Heres Lollygag in her slip at the marina

New bird: I think its a Yellow-crowned Night Heron

With the white underparts, I think this bird is a Black-crowned Night Heron

Here's something you don't see everyday

Link to anchorage on the north side of the York River via Google Maps

Feels good to be back on the hook