On Sunday, September 19, we left Baltimore and cruised down to Solomons, MD for what we thought would be an overnight stop. As the winds picked up, we stayed until Thursday, September 23 when we left for Deltaville, VA. Cruising wasn’t too bad that day…
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Palmetto Moon 2010-08-31 09:50:00
On Sunday, August 1, we relaxed on Palmetto Moon in Georgetown Yacht Basin and decided to visit the other marina across the Sassafras River. We took their launch Toot-Toot over to the Granary and had dinner at the Bar & Grill. After dinner, we call…
Palmetto Moon 2010-08-31 09:45:00
On Tuesday, August 3, we cruised about 22 miles down the Sassafras River and turned slightly north across the Bay and up to Havre de Grace, MD. The next day we walked the waterfront park, as shown above, and toured the Maritime Museum and the Decoy Mu…
Palmetto Moon 2010-08-31 09:40:00
We cruised down to the Maryland Yacht Club in Rock Creek, outside of Baltimore, on Friday, August 6 and stayed for about two weeks. Although isolated, the marina was quite nice with a lovely pool, great view of the Patapsco River, a clubhouse that serv…
Palmetto Moon 2010-08-31 09:30:00
On Thursday, August 19 we cruised down the Patapsco River to Anchorage Marina in the Canton section of Baltimore. As we approached the Francis Scott Key bridge, we saw this ship and tug coming toward us — what a wake it made!We are enjoying the city l…
Palmetto Moon 2010-07-31 10:55:00
On July 4, we cruised on M/V Hawkeye with Terry and Kim around Solomons Island and anchored in the Patuxent River to wait for the fireworks. As luck would have it, the Coast Guard cleared all the boats anchored in front of us and we ended up with the f…
Palmetto Moon 2010-07-31 10:45:00
On Saturday, July 31, we cruised further north and down the Sassafras River, which was lovely with nice houses and bright green manicured lawns and gorgeous flowering shrubs, to Georgetown Yacht Basin. This is a weekend boater’s paradise with over 120…
Palmetto Moon 2010-06-30 09:11:00
On Tuesday, June 1, we left Oriental and started our trek north with stops in Bellhaven and then Coinjock for the 32 oz. prime rib dinner. We feel we deserve this after crossing Albemarle Sound even when the waves are only one foot.On Thursday, June 3,…
Palmetto Moon 2010-06-30 09:09:00
On Monday, June 7 we left Portsmouth and cruised about 14 miles up to Hampton. Along the way, we heard several announcements that Aircraft Carrier #1 and Coast Guard Cutter Shearwater were leaving some dock. Fortunately, we were in the channel to Hampt…
Palmetto Moon 2010-06-30 09:07:00
On Wednesday, June 9, we rented a car from Enterprise and drove to Newport News to tour The Mariners’ Museum which was designated by Congress as America’s National Maritime Museum with over 120,000 square feet of gallery space. The highlight is the USS…
