Aug. 5 to Aug. 8 — Missing in action?

Not really. Took advantage (???) of being laid up for repair of fuel pump to explore some of the Chesapeake that we planned to do by boat BUT…. wouldn’t get to this trip.

Repair people get ready to start on our fuel pump problem.

Drove to St. Michael’s and then Annapolis. St. Michael’s hotel choice a bit of a disappointment — promoted as a luxury spa and falling very short. We ate at the restaurant (food was okay) but the condition of things like the door into the kitchen should have been an embarrassment. We had a suite….but it reminded me of a sad place we stayed on Lake Geneva where they’d combined regular rooms into suites. Felt more like a bowling alley than a room. Enough complaining!! Our stay at a Hilton Garden Inn in Annapolis was much better. Both towns are terrific.

Church in St. Michaels. Too many electric lines, but a great looking church I think.

Best experience in St. Michaels…LUNCh! At Limoncello where we did some “research” on Italian wines.

Bay Bridge over the Chesapeake is quite impressive. It’s a very L-O-N-G bridge and you can see freighters and other ships waiting to be chided into Baltimore harbor.

Driftwood rhino was pretty cool I thought. Rhinos were NOT a community theme in St. Michaels.

But! Birds were a “thing” in Annapolis. Big birds! More pictures next week.

We had lunch at the Annapolis Yacht Club, apparently completely recovered from a horrible fire two years ago. Nice people. Great food.

Lunch at the Annapolis Yacht Club which was completely destroyed in a fire two years ago. They’ve recovered nicely and take hospitality seriously — complete with flags for the table.

We did some reconnaissance in Annapolis to find the marina where we will stay next week. Look for the Gulf sign!!

These beautiful boats — Bull and Bear — were mired in heavy debris just a few days ago. A dam upstream let water (and lots of junk) out into the Choptank River to the great consternation of Maryland.; Big news here.

Returned to Oxford and took a sea trial to make sure that the fuel pump repair was solid. Yes!

Tomorrow we head to Rhodes River….a sentimental journey because this is a place we used to ancho when we took our kids houseboating on the Chesapeake MANY years ago — try 35 at least.

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