Day 45: St. Michaels to Knapps Narrows, MD
Day 45: Sunday, May 22nd: We had a few rain showers during the night last night, but this morning it cleared out. We leisurely cruised back out the San Domingo, etc., and out toward open water.
We had seen what looked like a bunch of floats marking a swimming area yesterday, but realized later that we were in the breeding grounds for Mute Swans. The "floats" were swans! Coming back down the creek today, we got closer to the flock to get some pictures. This is what they looked like as we left the channel to get closer:
And this is what they looked just after we ran aground trying to get even closer!
With a little jockeying we managed to get off the mud with no apparent damage and motored on (for anyone counting, we think this was our third grounding).
We arrived at Knapp's Narrows, at Tilghman Island, still officially on the Eastern Shore, shortly after 1:00pm. We tied up at Knapps Narrows Marina and Inn.. Then we bummed a ride to an excellent popular nearby restaurant, Harrison's Country Inn Restaurant.
Friend Malcolm Ringel showed up right on time with his gift of a microwave oven. We had a delightful visit, chatting about what has gone on since we saw one another some thirty years ago. Ruth and I are kicking ourselves because we took no pictures of this old friend and his vintage truck. We hope to see him again in a week or so. Maybe then.
Knapp's Narrows is a shortcut from Chesapeake Bay to Choptank River that is a short little cut across an isthmus of land. The drawbridge is open more than closed. Look closely and you can see the open water in the distance under the bridge:
And looking the other way is the eastern open water a short distance away:
Integrity was tied up right in between:
We were right behind a lovely Trumpy motoryacht, Tireless. This classic 68 foot yacht was built in 1963 for Roger Firestone (yes, THE tire Firestone). It has been restored and is beautiful. The current owners, James Silva and Dale Fetterolf, offer custom charter aboard her year round. Visit their website at www.TirelessCharters.com.
We enjoyed a great sunset tonight:.
Then along came the full moon. Do you know how hard it is to photograph a full moon with a handheld digital camera?
The clouds may be foretelling something..
Position tonight: N38 43.219 W076 20.027
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