Our Memorial Day weekend will be spent on the hook in Chesapeake City, MD. Its an opportunity to get some housekeeping and maintenance projects completed. This morning Barry woke up eager to do laundry. Yes, I too was shocked and skeptical, but you must understand that our onboard washer/dryer combo unit is still new enough to us that it falls into the category of Boy Toy Gadget. I was more than willing to let him give it a spin ... and rinse.
We hopped into the dinghy and made the short trip over to the C&D Canal Museum. The C&D Canal connects the Chesapeake Bay with the Delaware River. It is administered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from an office here in Chesapeake City. The Canal Museum houses the original canal pumphouse, complete with waterwheel and pump engines. The museum does a nice job of telling the story of this hand-dug canal. On the grounds is a full-sized replica of the Bethel Bridge Lighthouse that was used to warn vessels of the locks and bridges prior to the 1920s.
Following our museum tour, we headed back to Crossroads to grab some lunch and, more importantly, recharge our phones. We loaded back into the dinghy and set off for the other end of the basin so we could walk through town. There is a small retail district dotted with B&Bs and restaurants. A central park was set up for a late afternoon wedding. Historic homes dating from the 1870s featured lush gardens. Judging from all the rhododendron and peonies in full bloom, the season here is about two weeks behind Richmond. We found a quiet overlook and watched the boats come and go on the canal.
Looking for inspiration, we found a town map at the ice cream store. Not wanting to be rude, and being an "even" day we also grabbed a cone. (Boat rule is ice cream no more frequently than every other day.)
It was determined that we had explored about all we could. We returned to Crossroads and I actually pulled out a book, took it to Fiberglass Beach, and read a few chapters before nodding off. We gave the dinghy a good cleaning while sitting on the swim platform with our feet in the water. That was a refreshing end to the day.
Right now the air is still and the humidity is high. Rain is supposed to move in overnight. We'll see what tomorrow brings.
Boat rules? So ours would be ...... if available.....indulge. Haha. Interested in how you felt the washer/dryer performed. I think it is fitting that anything that runs on the boat be something the captain handles.
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