Chesapeake Bay

We traveled up the Chesapeake Bay in several days. We stayed in a few anchorages that were just stopovers and we did not get off the boat. Then we stopped in Oxford to visit one of Frances' cousins. Susie and Steve let us park our boat at their dock and showed us around Oxford.


The Chesapeake has some beautiful peaceful places and towns of all sizes to explore. People are very happy that spring has come and one thing they like to do is sit out on their dock on a nice day.

These light houses are all over. Someone used to have to live there to keep it lit. Now they are automated thank goodness.

The highlight of the Chesapeake for us was Annapolis. We loved the city and stayed there 4 days. It's a colonial city with lots of history plus the Naval Academy.

We were impressed with the Naval Academy.
They have guided tours and tell you about the requirements to get in and how hard it is to graduate. There are a lot of physical requirements. For example, every person in the accademy must take Judo, Karate and boxing, even the women. We learned about the history of the Academy and the Navy.

There are beautiful buildings on the Academy caumpus including the a huge chapel with an amazing dome.

Frances kept trying to get a picture of men in uniform. She finally got this one of some officers below one of the famous Navy sayings. The town is very proud of the Navy and we saw this banner on a shop window.

After leaving the Chesapeake we went down the Deleware Bay and up the coast of New Jersey without going ashore much. Today we are going to sail to New York City and we are looking forward to that!