Langford Creek, MD

The first thing we did on the morning of Sunday, September 17 was to go to the Annapolis City fuel dock to fill up with water  While Jonny handled that task, I took Archie for one last walk and we went to the CVS in the center of town to pick up a couple of items. We had our last stroll along Ego Alley.

We thought the day was going to be sunny with calm winds but it ended up being overcast and breezy as we left Annapolis at 9:50. After a four hour cruise across the Chesapeake we arrived at the Chester River on the Eastern Shore. Our plan for the next couple of days was to explore various anchorages on the Chester River, the longest river on Maryland’s Eastern Shore and a place we had not visited in the past.  Ultimately, we planned to reach Chestertown where we would dock Zendo and where Michael Bracken would pick us up  and take us to his parents’  beach home in Bethany Beach for a few days.

In the meantime we would enjoy some quiet anchorages on the Chester River, the first one being on the east fork of Langford Creek where we arrived at 2 p.m. We dropped the hook in a bucolic setting with several duck blinds, osprey nests and only a couple of large homes in sight.

We took Archie in the dinghy to a little boat launch and walked up the quiet country road lined with corn fields on each side.  It was a lovely, peaceful setting.

That evening I made salad Nicoise for dinner and we ate our last two ears of corn sitting on the aft deck.  Afterwards we watched a few episodes of the Wire which was quite a contrast to our serene surroundings.