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St. Michaels, MDSeptember 2006
2 Days
Itinerary ST MICHAELS, EASTON & TILGHMAN ISLAND TOURTHURSDAY 21 SEPT & SUNDAY 22 SEPT, 2006
Sep 21 Thursday Gradyville, PA to St Michaels, MD 112 Mi, 2.5 hr (PA352, PA452, I95, I495, DE1, US301, MD213, US50, MD322, MD33)
12:30 PM Patriot Cruise St. Michaels, MDLunch during cruise
Walking Tour: St MichaelsDrive to Easton, MD (MD33) 13 Mi.
Econo Lodge Intown Easton, MDDinner: Out in Easton Sep 22 Friday Breakfast: Hotel Continental
Drive to Tilghman Island, MD 20 Mi, Walking Tour: Tilghman Village
Drive to St Michaels, MD Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
St Michaels, MD to Gradyville, PA 112 Mi, 2.5 hr (MD33 , MD322, US50, MD213, US301, DE1, I495, I95, PA452, PA352) Lunch: Out along Way
St. Michaels, MD Log Entry: Drove from Gradyville, Pa to St. Michaels, MD. Arrived around noon and proceeded to Navy Point to take a scenic cruise of the Miles River. Tour boat was delayed, so we walked around the point and in the nearby town.
Sailboats at Navy Point Marina
Navy Point
Log Entry: Some original buildings still exist at Navy Point and are currently being used as administrative offices for the nearby Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.
Original Buildings
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Navy Point
Log Entry: We watched the tour boat Patriot come in and boarded to take an hour and a half cruise of the Miles River, It is an all steel vessel built in the ‘90’s
Tour Boat Patriot
Patriot Docking
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Miles River Cruise
Leaving Navy Point Docks
Cruising past the Maritime Museum and out into the Miles River
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Miles River Cruise
Log Entry: We departed and left the harbor, passing the Maritime Museum and docks on the way out to the river .
St. Michaels, MD
Miles River Cruise
Skipjack at Maritime Museum Dock
Sailboat at Maritime Museum Dock
Two Masted Sloop
Tilghman Island, MD
Log Entry: After spending the night in Easton, MD, we drove out to Tilghman Island in the morning to see the working fishing fleet and the skipjack Rebecca T. Ruark
Fishing Boats
Skipjack Rebecca T. Ruark
Dogwood Harbor
Log Entry: Stopped at the narrows separating Tilghman Island from the mainland and walked around docks.
Knapp’s Narrows
Boats docked along the narrows
Tilghman Island, MD
Lone fisherman
Skipjack H.M. Krentz
Old drawbridge
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Navy Point
Log Entry: Returned to Navy Point to tour Maritime Museum. Walked around until it opened.
Marine Railway
Hooper Strait Lighthouse
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Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
Log Entry: The Maritime Museum tells the story of the people who lived, worked and played around the bay. It has many exhibits, small boats and larger fishing vessels.
Public Dockage Sailboat in harbor
Restoration of Skipjack
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Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
Gregg Graphics Gradyville, Pa.
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