On Sunday morning, Sept. 18, after coffee with new powerboater friends, Debbie and Jim, we left our anchorage by the Georgetown Yacht Basin and went up the Sassafras to Knight's Island. We found this to be one of the most serene and peaceful places so far.
Sunsets were beautiful and there was only one other boat in sight. We left early Monday. Dropped the lunch hook at Worton Creek, where the only noise we heard was the water slapping against the dinghy. Then on to Swan Creek near Rock Hall. We broke our new 4-hr time limit on traveling spending 6 hrs en route. We met fellow cruisers at anchor, Jim and Sharron Robertson on Pelicans Flight, also heading to the Bahamas.
We toured the one-block town of Rock Hall by bike, picked up some groceries, and had Maryland Crabcakes for lunch at a local restaurant. Rock Hall is a pretty little town with a charming museum in city hall; it was closed so the maintenance man opened it for us and we had the place to ourselves.
After two nights in Rock Hall, we left for Baltimore's Inner Harbor, ready for the city. On the way in, we saw the Mystic Whaler leaving. Bob hailed on the VHF; it was nice to make a connection from home. We passed the Star Spangled Banner Buoy which marks the spot where Francis Scott Key wrote our National Anthem.
