The Lady Jayne Looper: Smith Island to Solomons Island

Before leaving we visited with a family to observe hear about their crabbing operation. We happened to see an open door in their "shack", asked a few questions learned a lot from grandpa and grandma while they were processing the crabs caught yesterday. Son and grandson were out in the boat attending to the traps.

We crossed chesapeake east to west today in good weather enjoying the relatively calm winds to arrive at Solomons Island, Maryland which is on the Putuxant river (north of the Potomac). Because of the distance involved we (200 miles round trip ) we chose not to visit Washington on this trip.
This area is truly the Yachting capital of Chesapeake Bay. The marina we stayed in has over 200 slips and the number of marinas in this area is huge.
The facilities are really nice and include a large pool, courtesy van, plus other amenities. We are going to stay here two days to visit a couple of museums (maritime and archeological ) and do a few boat chores.
The day after tomorrow we visit Annapolis, the large interesting, historic town that contains the US Naval Academy.