Chesapeake East Bay May30-June4

We arrived at Tangier Island, where everyone on the island is involved in the Crab and Lobster trade.
This was the marina owners boat. Mr Parks was 88 year old and really sharp.
The Watermen.

The cemeteries on the island were interesting. 

Due to the island water level the graves are shallow.
This is beside the new clinic, but no connection.
Mr. Parks daughter was the Doctor.

A lot of the yards had a burial areas in them.

Beautiful

We bought some softshells from a Watermen and learned to clean them Tangier Style.

Sauteed the softshells in butter and old bay after a 90 second par-boil.

Crab Pots

All of the Crab Shanties are built over the water.

Beach on Tangier

There was only one hot food restaurant and one ice cream shop open. Perfect. Pineapple/Vanilla Twist.

The British fleet let this island to attack Washington DC and succeeded, then Baltimore and failed.

If you zoom-in and read this the majority are 3 or 4 surnames.

We left Tangier and went to Crisfield on the East Bay Mainland.
This is the Crab Capital on the US.

Don't forget about the tides when you beach your dinghy.
 Lucky there were friend around to help drag it back to the water.

After leaving Crisfield we stopped at Smith Island to buy some of their famous cake that they ship all over the world.

Leaving Smith Island.

A smooth cruise crossing back west across the bay to the Solomons Islands.