6/6/2011 ISLAND CREEK IN OXFORD, MD TO ROCK HALL, MD

MONDAY

TOTAL MILES TRAVELED TODAY:   41 NM

DOCKED AT:      ROCK HALL FREE DOCK ON THE EAST SHORE, MD

TODAY'S BRIDGES:

                             KNAPPS NARROWS BRIDGE
                             KENT ISLAND BRIDGE


SUNRISE: 5:40 AM      SUNSET: 8:28 PM

HIGH: 84                      LOW: 63

We were back traveling on the water again!!! Today saw us leaving the Fischer’s on Island Creek, wending our way out to the Choptank River and then heading north. We passed through the Knapps Narrows Bridge, a man-made cut through Tilghman Island that shortens the route from the Choptank to the Eastern Bay.

KNAPPS NARROWS BRIDGE

Next came the Kent Island Bridge. The 65’ fixed bridge, an extension of US 50 and the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, offered no obstacle to our passage but we had to wait for an opening of the old bascule bridge that carries local traffic.

Our night’s destination was Rock Hall Harbor where we tied up to the wall and endured a hot night with no power, thus no air conditioning. Actually, the bedroom fan kept the air moving and our room comfortable.

STATUE CELEBRATING THE OYSTER MEN THAT WORK THE CHESAPEAKE

OUR HOME FOR THE NIGHT

Rock Hall Crossroads (the original name) was a stopping place for George Washington, James Madison and Thomas Jefferson as they traveled to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.