10/1/2014
Havre de Grace, MD
Tidewater Marina
Position: 39 32.828N, 76 05.154W
Posted by Bill
Today we motored into and through the C&D canal, into the Chesapeake, and up to Havre de Grace, MD. I expected the canal to be very busy with lots of big ships but only saw 3:
This nicely painted red one.
This tug pulling a bunch of crap.
And this tug pulling a chain of crap all connected together. Wonder what the hell they are doing with all of that crap they are pulling behind them.
We also reached a milestone…first time to have our boat in the Chesapeake Bay…something I have wanted to do since my brother moved here in the early 80s. I was psyched.
Along the way to Havre de Grace we saw the Turkey Point light:
The channel to Havre de Grace was very narrow and the markers were of great distance of each other. It made for some challenging navigation, especially when we encountered a tug pushing twin barges side by side. But we made it. Tidewater is pretty nice. The restrooms and showers are nice and clean and the marina is very close to the stuff in downtown Havre de Grace.
Best of all (and the real reason we came here), my brother, sister-in-law, and niece and nephew live here! We got to go out to dinner with them and really enjoyed a delightful evening! I was psyched. We don’t get to see them as much as we like to so this was a real treat.
All of this made for a fantastic day!
Pics:
Cruising through the C&D canal.
Coming out of the C&D and into the Chesapeake Bay.
Picturesque northern Chesapeake Bay.
As I was having dinner with my brother and we talked about boating, I was remembering the first boating experience we had together. We decided we could build a raft with scrap pieces of wood and logs, and we carried it about 1/2 mile up a hill to a neighborhood pond on our wagon. We launched it only to find it sinking within minutes. I guess we have come a bit of a way since then…lol.
Tomorrow we will travel to some friends of ours who have a dock behind their house. They offered to give us free dockage and we will wait out the coming storm, and Tricia can attend some business meetings.