Oct 29/16Beach Haven to Solomons

   We left Beach Haven NJ and went out Little Egg Harbor Inlet to the Atlantic.  It was a nice trip for a couple of hours as we went past Atlantic City

and then the wind shifted to the south and brought some rough waves. We decided that it was better inside even if we had to go through the bridges. We went back inside at Great Egg Inlet after talking with Tow Boat US about how to get in. We continued till we found a bridge that couldn't open and had to turn around.  The tide was going out and we were pushing mud even with our shallow draft.  We were told that we could get back  to the Atlantic at Townsends Inlet and that was a lot easier than I imagined.  Our trip on the Atlantic the last 10 miles to Cape May was a little rolly. We arrived and anchored by the Coast Guard Station and took Skipper for a beach run.  In all our 45km trip took 69km and was too exciting.  We spent the nite at Cape May and caught a favorable tide for our trip up the Delaware Bay. We managed to ride the tide through the C&D canal and part way south on the Chesapeake.  We anchored in the Sassafrass River and prepared for a rough nite with a front moving in. Following day we elected a trip on the Chester River and through Kent Narrows.  Great idea and we were timing the bridge when we heard a radio  call for help from a sailboat who had run aground just before the bridge right in the middle of the channel. They were only 4.5 ft of draft and the tide was ebbing. We reasoned that they would either be in the way or we would also get caught on a high spot, so another turn around and went under the Bay Bridge. We continued to Tilghman Island and through Knapps Narrows

 to Dun Cove and a relaxing meal from our grill. First time on this trip!!  Tuesday we went to Oxford a very beautiful town Just off the Choptank River. There were four skipjacks (sailing oyster boats) working on the Choptank just outside of Oxford.

 We continued farther on the Choptank to Cambridge Md. where we toured the historical district and had a closeup of two skipjacks docked near by.

We ate dinner at Snappers a local restaurant on the dock. We arrived Solomons yesterday after a great night at Cambridge MD on their free dock.

 We are currently in Mill Creek on a friends dock with family for a few days. Ken is very happy to be dressed in shorts again