Rock Hall - Sept. 24-29

Rock Hall is a town of about 1800 people with at least eleven marinas in the area.  It really is a pretty place

Some interesting boats at this stop include a Chris Craft sailboat

This gentleman went back and forth along his crabbing line every morning, scooping the crabs into a barrel.

As far as cruisers go, there are certain things that make for a great place to stop.  Rock Hall is one of those places.  There is a West Marine, ACE hardware, a good grocery store that will send someone to pick you up and bring you back with all your provisions.  As you can see, our dinghy was full!

 And there are lots of and neat stores and little shops for browsing.

Durding's Store has excellent ice cream cones and apple pie. It's an authentic 1930s ice cream parlour.  Like a few other stores on Main St., it's an old building with the original doors that are very narrow and with low latch handles.

There are lots of good restaurants.  Waterman's Crab House is where Ben and I decided to give the steamed crabs a try...Chesapeake is known for its crabs!  We had trouble with the technique at first, but the waitress advised us just to get right into it with our hands...and the cracker thing, of course.  We decided it's a lot of work for a little meat. What!  We're from Bruce County, beef country!

At Swan Creek Marina our mooring ball looked out across a little channel to a large wetlands area.

 The  waters were calm and the sunsets amazing.

Even the foggy mornings had their own beauty.

...same scene without the fog ...

The bathhouse (showers and bathrooms) were clean and spacious, good drinking water to fill the tanks and there was a great wifi connection.  There are free loaner bicycles.  Pump-outs are free.  Swan Creek Marina was a place we were only going to be at for a couple days and we ended up staying for five nights, all for $125!  It turned out to be a perfect place to catch up on some maintenance.  With 200 hours on the engine since leaving Wiarton in June, it was time for Ben to change all the oils and filters. This marina had a convenient place to recycle the oil. Jane did some paint touch ups on the side decks.
As usual, we met some very friendly people who were more than willing to make us feel at home and help us out in any way they could.
Next stop- Annapolis.