Cambridge

Wednesday 9-23-09

Awoke this morning to voices just outside our front hatch.  I thought I had anchored in a remote location.  Poked my head out to see we were fogged in.  There was a working crab boat just in front of us running his line.

The cruising guides say the Cambridge is an interesting town, but we weren't ready for a marina ($$) just yet.  We thought perhaps we could find a spot to anchor and take the dinghy ashore.  So we motored up the Cambridge Creek.
Along the way we saw what must be where they got the idea for those half-hull models.

The drawbridge was up, so we went right on through.

Didn't know they were working on it.  We got to the end of the short creek, turned around to head back out.  You guessed it................it was down, and the bridgetender said stand by while we finish working on it.  Turned out to be not too long.

We saw three other trawlers tied to the wall in front of the county office building.  An old sign on the wall said dock at your own risk.  So we did.

Not room for a larger boat, but we fit.

Some guy in the parking lot on the shore next to us asked if we felt "dwarfed".  At least he didn't say we looked "CUTE !"

Think we'll stay the night.  We rode our bicycles into town to explore.

Here's the view from the drawbridge.  We're just "ducky"

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