Friday, July 27, 2007 - Choptank River to the Magothy River, MD

At 0730 we took Sailor to shore on a small wooded island. We were underway by 0830. We retraced our route down the Creek and the Choptank. Chesapeake Bay was a little choppy but we were going with the wind most of the time. We saw several interesting lighthouses and the Bay Bridge was impressive. We headed west soon after going under the Bay Bridge and proceeded up the Magothy River and finally into Sillery Bay. We anchored Seascape at 1530 in a small cove of Sillery Bay. Beach Cruiser rafted to us on our anchor because there wasn’t enough room for two boats to anchor in the cove.

Barry lowered their dinghy and we motored a short distance to a small community marina where their friend, Stan was waiting for us. We all walked about ¼ mile to his house. There we meet Stan’s wife Kay and is parents who were visiting. They cooked a fine dinner and all eight of us ate around their dining table. Just before we sat down to eat, we heard that a severe thunderstorm was headed our way. Barry and I jumped into Stan’s car and went to secure our boats for wind and rain. It was raining a little by the time we got back to shore but most of the storm passed us to the north.

When we got back after dinner, I started the generator to charge the batteries and it wasn’t pumping raw water necessary to cool it. I installed the new water pump that I had purchased back when we were in Albemarle Sound.