We turn north in the Chesapeake Bay from Tilghman Island and Knapps Narrows and head east and enter the Miles River and go another 10 miles to St Michaels, Md.
One of our more interesting sights this morning was a small sailboat (about 25-30 feet) running beside us and going about 12-14 knots without the sail up. We were going about 15. I have never seen a sailboat up on a plane before. He must have had a very large engine.
St Michaels is charming! We walk two short blocks from our marina (St Michaels Marina) to the downtown area. We note that the scale of the architecture is smaller than in other towns we have visited recently. Stores are physically smaller and close together with good sidewalks and trees planted in the sidewalk area. The town seem compact without being crowded. Lots of small shops with good quality items and a grocery store right downtown. This is comfortable as a town to walk around in and a car would not be necessary. Feels a little like downtown Winter Park, Fl.
Overcast, windy and much cooler today (14th). Sweater weather as temp in the 60's. Visited the Chesapeake Maritime Museum in St Michaels this morning. Their signature exhibit is the Hooper Straight Lighthouse, which has been moved to the property and restored. Lots in the museum about the history of the bay and the people who made their lively hood from the waters of the bay. The museum is a center of boat restoration for boats that worked in the bay and has several larger "skipjack" sailing boats restored on exhibit and several more being restored now in the shops. They have a program where members and guests for the day can participate in the restoration and learn the old ways of boat building.
The museum also has good exhibits on oystering, clamming and crabbing including crab tanks for picking out soft shell crabs.
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