6/12/25 - Chesapeake City to Rock Hall MD

It was another peaceful night, this time at the free dock, and we all slept well.  So much so that Erik almost slept through sunrise…almost!  We forgot to mention yesterday that our entrance into Maryland marked the 18th state on our journeys that we’ve been in.  

Sunrise in Chesapeake City

It was predicted to be a hot and sunny day so after our morning routine we shoved off the dock shortly after 7am in an attempt to beat the heat.   After a short 1 mile or so we were officially off of the C&D Canal and onto the Upper Chesapeake Bay which started out fairly narrow and almost more river like but soon widened and opened up to big water.   It was a smooth 43 mile cruise down the bay as we continued to pass several loopers heading north; the flow of them has slowed now as we believe many are now north of us still awaiting the delayed opening of the Erie and other NY State Canals.  The heavy spring rains have played havoc on the openings.   While cruising Renee decided that a marina sounded in order with the heat.   So, she found one that had a pool and made a reservation.

Our route today into the narrow top of the Chesapeake

Once settled in at Northpoint Marina in Rock Hall we left Riva aboard in the AC and set off on foot to walk into town.  It was a hot 1 mile walk but proved to be worth it.   We had read and been told that Rock Hall was a very small, old fishing village so our expectations for excitement was not high; the way we actually often prefer it.   The first of two museums we came to, which was about 1/2 mile out of town the opposite direction, turned out to be closed for renovations even though it said it was open online…should have called to confirm 🤷‍♂️.   Walking into town the first thing we came to was a coffee shop…our kinda town!  As hot as it was a coffee wasn’t on the top of mind but a double shot espresso frappe sure was.  We chose to split one and we’d often wondered what happens to the extra drink that always seems to get left in the blender when they make these up.  In today’s case the lady was kind enough to pour the substantial extra into a second cup for us so we didn’t have to split it after all 🙂.  As we moved down Main St there turned out to be a nice selection of small businesses including restaurants, bakeries, fresh farm stand, and the usual souvenir shops.  We stopped into a couple before heading back out of town the other direction to the ‘Waterman’s Museum’ which was small but had some interesting things to see about the history of the town, particularly as it relates to crabbing and oyster harvesting.   

Some sites of Rock Hall
Each town we’ve stopped in there has been a small dentist office on the main drag…hoping we don’t need one again!

Waterman’s Museum 
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Oysterman Statue and piles of crab pots along the bay

Renee scored herself seahorse earrings at one of the small shops in town

Some of the many pretty flowers and gardens along our walk

On the way back to the marina we took a different route that brought us by the towns small public beach and along a different part of the waterfront.  By the time we made it back the swimming pool that we walked by on the way to our dock was calling our names.  Renee suited up right away and headed over while Erik hung back for a bit with Riva and got onto a brief work call before heading over to join.  There were two other couples at the pool, one local to Rock Hall and the other from Guntersville Alabama.   The Alabama couple were loopers aboard ‘Watermelon Trawl’ and they had some good intel to share about their recent stops in the area which soul be our upcoming ones.  The local guy gave Erik some pointers on how to best go about catching some of his own crabs 🦀 to cook up.  

 

Had to add the ‘POOL TIME’ caption for Renee to allow this one into the blog 
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The evening was spent back at the boat chatting with the only other couple on our dock who were also transients, eating a dinner of leftovers, walking up to do a load of laundry, and putting teak oil on the bow pulpit and steps up from the gunwales of the boat.  In this marina we were docked right up against the sea wall looking out onto the open water of the Chesapeake and the warm steady breeze kept it very comfortable (and most importantly NOT buggy!).  We rounded out the evening by sitting on the rock sea wall to watch a beautiful sunset before walking up to shower and finish laundry 🧺 before heading off to bed.   Rock Hall was a nice and relaxing stop which was in order given that tomorrow we will be moving along to the much larger Annapolis which will likely be much busier.

Life Is Good

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