Chesapeake City, MD

We took off from Baltimore on Monday, August 17, our 34th wedding anniversary! It was a stunningly beautiful day and we were bound for Chesapeake City.  It was a long day, but the temperatures were mild and the bay was calm. We took more turns at the helm than usual which provided Jonny with some valuable down time. 

After a 7 hour cruise we arrived at Chesapeake City and found a spot at the town dock.  The price was right with free docking and a modest charge for an electrical hookup.  We settled in with some celebratory cocktails and nibbles and toasted ourselves for a happy marriage and a good life together!

We reveled in congratulatory calls from Stephanie and Jonny’s family and enjoyed a dinner of leftovers on the aft deck.  Afterwards we took a walk through historic Chesapeake City. It’s called a city but it’s actually a village with only 673 residents!  The shops and homes are charming, colorful and old.

It was interesting to read the various historic markers  describing the town’s origins and prominent position on the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal.  The C&D Canal was built in the 1820’s to connect the Chesapeake Bay to the Delaware River thus saving hundreds of miles for shippers going between the northeastern states and the Chesapeake Bay.  

A huge bridge was constructed in 1949 to replace a drawbridge that had been damaged after being struck by a tanker.  The new bridge adds an odd counterpoint to the quaint village.

That night we settled into our dock space under that bridge to watch the first night of the democratic convention.  It was interesting to see how the traditional political convention format was transformed to a virtual event due to Covid 19.  Although it was a late night, the format more or less worked and many of the speeches, especially Michelle Obama’s, were very compelling.