North Beach, MD

On Monday morning, October 4, Jonny took an Uber to mail all the Trawler Fest materials to a local volunteer so we wouldn’t have to store them on Zendo.  While he was gone, Archie got to visit the dog park one last time. It’s such a pretty walk to get there past lovely red brick townhomes lining the waterfront.

We took off from our berth at the Anchorage Marina by 10:25 for our  cruise down the Chesapeake to the Herrington South Marina in the town of North Beach, MD.   In the past we had stayed on anchor at Herrington Bay but never in the marinas there. They both have great ratings and Bryan, one of the MTOA members who volunteered at Trawler Fest, stays at Herrington South and recommended it to us. He and his wife have a beautiful North Pacific trawler that they wanted to show us. 

We had a pleasantly uneventful cruise.  The weather was gorgeous with calm seas and clear skies. It was a great opportunity for Steve to see how hopelessly boring our life is when we are on the move!

We arrived at Herrington South by 4:15.  The entrance provided a very positive impression.

The dockhand was slow to arrive and the sailboat owner next to the face dock we were tying up at gave us a very unhelpful hand. Eventually, Jonny and the dockhand got us tied up securely. 

Herrington South is a large and very well maintained marina. Though it’s close to the main road, it’s not a busy one. The grounds are quite lovely and the facilities are excellent.

That evening Bryan and his wife Cheryl invited us for cocktails onboard their North Pacific trawler, aptly named Mach Turtle (turtle being the symbol for MTOA - trawlers).  They served a large array of appetizers and we had lots of animated conversations about the interesting travel adventures of Cheryl, Bryan, Jonny and Steve.  From there we walked over to Ketch, the marina’s restaurant, where we had a nice dinner and more wine!

Preparing ourselves for another long travel day we all went to bed fairly early.  Steve is hooked on the baseball playoffs while Jonny and I are making strides in our reading materials.