Harness Creek near Annapolis, MD

On Saturday, October 5, the morning was spent on projects, Jonny working on his MTOA Board commitment and Lynn, as usual, on her blog.  We planned to head back across the Chesapeake because the winds were forecasted to be lighter than the following day and we had to get back to Annapolis because our friends, Addie and Lange King, were due to arrive on either Sunday night or Monday.  Though we would have happily spent more time in the Choptank we decided it would be prudent to cross sooner rather than later.

On the way back, we traveled through Knapp’s Narrows going under the bridge and cleared Tilghman Island.

The bay turned out to be remarkably calm with lots of sailboats taking advantag of the breezy weather.

We were going back and forth on where to anchor for the night.  Jonny really wanted to visit a “new to us” anchorage called Harness Creek just south of Annapolis and very near to Eastport where we would be meeting the Kings.

The anchorage proved to be another outstanding one.  There are so many of them on the Chesapeake!  We found a spot such that no one was behind us. A beautiful park called Quiet Waters was on one side and an attractive home nestled among trees on the opposite shore.  Although there were about four other boats nearby, there was plenty of room for all of us and it was very  quiet and peaceful.  

Jonny went for a long paddle, we had leftovers for dinner and just relaxed and read all evening.  We can’t get enough of these peaceful anchorages.