Monday, October 5, 2020

Day 9-October 4, 2020

When you’re camping you are much more aware of the daily time changes for sunrise and sunset.  Today’s sunrise was 7:00 AM and sunset was 6:36 PM…so different from late June!

 A very leisurely morning for us today.  Breakfast at our campsite included:  bacon, egg, and cheese bagel sandwiches with leftover veggies and potatoes!


By the time we cleaned up all the pots, pans, dishes, and ourselves and were ready to head out it was 11:45 AM.  Our destination for today was the western shore of Maryland’s Eastern Shore, and more specifically the towns of Cambridge, the home of Harriet Tubman....


...Easton, the home of Frederick Douglas; & old seaport of St. Michaels, which was established in 1677.


We also visited a National Wildlife Refuge on the Atlantic flyway for migratory birds, close to Bucktown, where we took a driving tour. We saw egrets, herrings, and bald eagles.






 In Easton, we had a very late lunch, or early dinner, at Hunter’s Tavern which is attached to Tidewater Inn.  Joni had meatloaf, Carl & Wendy had turtle soup, and I returned to my crab diet of cream of crab soup w/sherry, and softshell crabs.  All of us loved our choices.



Leaving Easton we moved on to St. Micheals, a charming village, surrounded by water, filled with gorgeous homes, and very reminiscent of Chatham, MA.

 

Our drive home was uneventful and mostly in the dark and we pulled into our campsite at 8:00 PM.

3 comments:

  1. Particularly like the photos of the great blue heron and egret.

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  2. How's the water? No sharks I hope.

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    1. The water was much warmer than the water along Cape Cod's National Seashore, and yes, no sharks!

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Day 13-October 8, 2020

We’re heading home today.     Up at 6:30 AM, showered and completing packing up our gear, then pulled out of the campground at 7:20 AM.     ...