Centreville, MD

We enjoyed a quiet and calm overnight in our lovely  anchorage on Langford Creek.  It was a little overcast with occasional rain early in the morning on Monday, September 18 so we stayed inside, warm and cozy.  There’s beginning to be a touch of fall in the air.  The heat and humidity are gone (at least for now) and we’re finding it quite pleasant.  After awhile we took Archie in to shore for a very long walk up the road past forested areas, farmlands and a neighborhood of attractive homes.  We are definitely enjoying being in a more remote area.

After returning to Zendo we had lunch onboard and pulled up anchor by 1:25 for the short 75 minute cruise up the Corsica River to an anchorage in Centreville, MD.  This one was also quite nice though not as pleasant as the day before.  We took a very long dinghy ride to the little town of Centreville which is set quite a ways back from the river.

We walked along the side of the road and up a hill and eventually came to the town.  Centreville is the largest town and county seat of Queen Anne’s County has a population of only 2,100.  It was incorporated in 1794.  There is some attractive architecture in town - Victorian homes with wrap around porches, late 19th century rows of commercial buildings and some newer architecture as well.

But Centreville is very small and nothing much was open as we walked along the streets. We decided that it wasn’t worth a return visit especially since we can’t take Zendo up to the town dock as the waters are too shallow.

We returned to Zendo and had a delicious dinner of chicken with vinegar, broccoli with anchovies and garlic and a couscous mix.  We turned in relatively early so we could get up and leave first thing the next morning. Our connectivity here is very poor and I have my Spanish tutoring session on Tuesday mornings so we decided to make the quick trip to the Chestertown Marina, (with hopefully good connectivity), in time for my 9:30 lesson.