Tour of the Chesapeake, Part 2
The next stop on our tour was a place we'd heard of but had not taken the time to visit since it was a bit out of the way; it was a perfect stop for our leisurely tour. We'd been told that it was very pretty but didn't know much else about it. The first thing I noticed as we approached the anchorage was a group of small sailboats that appeared to be doing figure-eight drills around bright red cones. I was concerned that they might make anchoring a challenge, but thankfully their turnaround point kept them out of our path. We learned later that St. Mary's College of Maryland sailing team dock was within a few hundred yards of our anchorage. After anchoring, Steve and I started looking at Google Maps to see if there were any restaurants close by. There weren't. In fact, St. Mary's "City" is not a modern city but rather was a "city" back in the mid-1600's! This stop turned out to be a historical gem and one of my favorite places on our tou