Safe Harbor Carroll Island Baltimore MD

What a beautiful afternoon ( Thursday ) in Cape May. Lots of cruisers making their way south and planning their winter escape. Nana and Nandad enjoyed chatting and listening to the variety of experience these cruisers had to offer. Always stories to share, memories to recall and extra special places to recommend. We left early ( Friday morning ) to catch the tide into the Cape May canal , which is about two miles , and brings you out into Delaware Bay. In our wake were three of the boats we had met at the dock all who passed us out going about 20 knots! Today is the perfect ,day for cruising the Bay with light winds and a very calm crossing. 

Not quite Sunrise but you get the drift. The Canal looks so pretty especially with the fall colors. Nana couldn’t resist taking a picture of this really pretty house along the way.

The Chesapeake & Delaware ( C&D ) Canal is twelve miles long and provides a safe and efficient passage into Chesapeake Bay. For the first time we were declined for two dockage options so we decided to try Summit North Marina which is just before you get to Chesapeake City however NH arrived at 12.30 and being such a beautiful day we decided to proceed. We did  take 110 gals of fuel $4.75 a gallon - Nandad was not happy !! as the tank was a little on the low side! The harbor at Chesapeake City was very busy with no room on the town dock so once again we decided to continue on and secured a dock at Safe Harbor Carroll Island. What we didn’t realize was that this marina is literally way up the Frog Mortar Creek on Middle River another 32 nm so now our eta is 4pm.

Lots of fishing boats out catching fresh fish on our way up the river. Also lots of  airplanes flying overhead as  the Martin State Airport , home of the Maryland Air National Guard stretches along the West Bank. The marina has over 200-slips and a very active storage shed which includes wet and lift slips. Once the sun sets it is very peaceful and Nana and Nandad have a wonderful dinner onboard.

This picture is of Pooles Island Light. Pooles Island was used for bombing practice from 1918 through 1960 as part of Aberdeen Proving Ground. According to Wikipedia access to the island is prohibited due to unexplored ordnance. Ironically Gunpowder River and Gunpowder Neck are adjacent to the island !