Chestertown

Saturday, 9-26-09
This morning early, we were awakened by the sounds of the locals setting their crab traps all around our boat.  Within 20' of us.  They made the rounds checking their traps but I never saw them pull any crabs out.  So maybe my chicken necks might work if I try them somewhere there's crabs.



Left the Wye River about 9:30, and headed north.  There's a wildlife preserve along the Wye, and on our way out, we saw about 20 eagles.

Just before we went through Kent Island Narrows, we heard an excited voice on the VHF calling the Coast Guard saying they saw an overturned boat about a mile south of Kent Island.  (We were about 2 miles south of Kent Island.)  Could not see anything with the binocs, but soon a non excited voice (probably a waterman) said on the VHF..............."got 'em in my boat."  The Coast Guard (in Baltimore) could not hear the calm guy--only the excited guy.  Turns out it was a 15' fishing boat with two people onboard. The boat had overturned and sunk.  Eventually, the message was relayed to the CG that everyone was out of the water and accounted for.  Always something going on.

At Kent Island, they built a new high bridge, but left the drawbridge to serve local traffic.

The Chester River is a lot like the Ohio or Cumberland--especially as you go up about 20 miles.  Except the boats we see here are different from those on the Midwest rivers.

I made a reservation to stay at the Chestertown Marina tonight.  Unfortunately, it started raining about an hour after we arrived, and is forecast to rain until we depart tomorrow.  We did get a chance to go to a waterfront park next to the marina to watch a cardboard boat race. Each boat carried two people.  They gave awards not only to the winner, but also they gave a "Titanic" award to the boat that had the most spectacular sinking.  Wondered if the boat at Kent Island was on the way to the cardboard boat regatta.

I had planned on riding our bikes through town, but that may not happen.  We did take on 50 gallons of gas, 20 gallons of water, and two hot showers.
Commodities we needed.

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