We departed Galesville on September 4th….with Hurricane Dorian uncertainly hovering over the Bahamas. Because of all of the evacuation orders along the Atlantic seaboard, we took a route far west toward Knoxville, TN. Knoxville is where we bought Dot.Calm…. and we ended up spending a lot of time aboard at a marina on the Tennessee River instead of immediately embarking on our long-dreamed-of ICW adventure while I recuperated from cancer treatments. We cruised up down the Tennessee River which is not nearly as interesting as the Chesapeake:-) But being in Knoxville brought back some great memories….and we avoided the evacuees!
Our time on Dot.Calm in the Chesapeake isn’t quite over though. We will return in October for the Annapolis Boat Show and our friends Alan and Lisa Haag will join us aboard.
Here’s a list Cliff kept of all the places and things we did this summer. Great fun. Sad to leave but getting home to Coral Gables was a happy event even though all of our balcony furniture and plants are packed into our dining and living rooms where they’ll stay until we are back for good:-)
Nationals Baseball Park — Nationals vs. Marlins
Zaytinia Restaurant, in DC near the National Portrait Gallery
St. Anselm’s at the Union Market area in DC
Smithsonian Air and Space Museum with Jassa
Smithsonian American History Museum with Jassa
Lincoln Memorial with Jassa (the slide!)
Gettysburg (The Inn at White Oak — terrific)
Mount Vernon
Slaughter Creek (Emily’s Farmer Market, soft crabs, and the yet-to-be-updated marina still)
La Trappe River & Cove (anchored out)
Oxford – Pope’s Tavern, “limousine” service to and from, great pool, rocky beach!
Kent Island – Mears Marina, Annie’s Restaurant complete with dining room pianist
Solomon’s Island – air conditioner fixed (whew! It was really hot!), underwater music at the pool, bar at the pool
St. Michael’s – Higgins Marina is “iffy”, but the restaurant Lemoncello is still good, The Bistro very nice, met Galesville boat neighbors listening to an outdoor concert
Tilghman Island – Knapp Narrows with Jassa, Characters Bridge Restaurant $3 wine!, Chesapeake Educational Center
Annapolis – Carroll’s Creek Cafe, The Iron Rooster
Rhodes River – anchoring out several timest