We’ve challenged ourselves on our fourth trip through the Chesapeake to seek out towns that we’ve missed on prior cruises. After leaving Deltaville, we took a short trip north to Reedville, VA. This was a perfect trip as we got to see a new town and only needed to travel a few hours as the weather wasn’t predicted to be too good for cruising.
Reedville is also just south of the mouth of the Potomac River, which is known to stir up a mess on windy days. We dropped the anchor in the Reedville Creek and ventured into this tiny town to find that they are still operating ‘winter’ hours and most places were closed (including the famous Chitterchats Ice Cream). Next time.
From Reedville, we crossed the Chesapeake to the East side of the Bay. We finally got to explore Cambridge and Oxford (Yes Maryland, not UK) as we’ve been trying to work in a stop to these small towns and never seemed to make it. We stopped in Cambridge for 2 nights and really enjoyed this little seaside town. We finally crossed paths with John and Bonny from Slàinte Mhath. They started their Great Loop last July from Westport heading north as we left for the South in September on a collision course, but never seemed to catch up with them. Luckily they diverted to Cambridge for a nice night out exploring the town, the rar Brewery, an Italian meal, and a fun game of Rack-o back on their boat. Unfortunately they pressed on the next day to complete their loop and we took the short trip across the Choptank River to Oxford. Oxford was quite a bit smaller than Cambridge, but they did have an open ice cream shop, the Scottish Highland Creamery which we enjoyed as we walked thru this quiet town. Anchoring in Oxford got us a little closer to Annapolis so that we could have another short day crossing back across the bay to stage for our next visitors!
