Rock Hall MD - July 18-20
Rock Hall, MD
Our original plan (if we had one) was to hopscotch around the Chesapeake, traveling thirty or forty miles per day, visiting all of the interesting towns that we saw in our guide books. However, the weather is soooooo hot and uncomfortable, that when we get to an interesting place, the only sane thing to do is stay on the back deck of the boat, in the shade and breeze from the water--or inside in the air conditioning.
So we decided to amend our plan and get out of the Chesapeake and heat and head north. We'll stop in the 'missed' places on our way back to St. Augustine Fall 2018.
Rock Hall is the last stop in the Chesapeake. It is just across the bay from Baltimore, where the temperature on the day we arrived was 97 degrees, with a heat index of 106. Just tooooo hot!!
Rock Hall is a mildly historic place on the east shore of the bay. Signs all over town proclaim that George Washington stopped there six or seven times. The town is perfectly flat, so it made for a few days of pleasant bike riding. The town also has a jitney service that will take you where you want to go for $1.
We have been using Trip Advisor for most of our restaurant choices. The #1 place in Rock Hall was the Harbor Shack, a Key West style open air place along the water. What a disappointment! I can't decide if the service or the food was worse. We now look at Trip Advisor with a bit of skepticism.
The most advertised restaurant in town is Watermans' Seafood, on the water, with some boat docks. We tried to dock the boat there when we first arrived in Rock Hall, but the dock people were not around, and the docks looked in terrible shape. But the restaurant, just 100 yards from the Marina where we did dock, looked okay.
Their specialty is crabs, and they were selling them for $55 per dozen for medium size, and $70 per dozen for large size. I only tell you this because on one of our bike rides, I came across Ford's Seafood restaurant, a hole-in-the-wall diner type place along the highway. I saw some local farmers walking in, and I asked them "is this place any good?" and they said "best in town." So we went there for dinner, where the crabs were $18 per dozen for mediums.
And they were delicious!!!
Next stop--Delaware City, DE, out of the Chesapeake and up the C&D (Chesapeake and Delaware) Canal.
Our original plan (if we had one) was to hopscotch around the Chesapeake, traveling thirty or forty miles per day, visiting all of the interesting towns that we saw in our guide books. However, the weather is soooooo hot and uncomfortable, that when we get to an interesting place, the only sane thing to do is stay on the back deck of the boat, in the shade and breeze from the water--or inside in the air conditioning.
So we decided to amend our plan and get out of the Chesapeake and heat and head north. We'll stop in the 'missed' places on our way back to St. Augustine Fall 2018.
Rock Hall is the last stop in the Chesapeake. It is just across the bay from Baltimore, where the temperature on the day we arrived was 97 degrees, with a heat index of 106. Just tooooo hot!!
Rock Hall is a mildly historic place on the east shore of the bay. Signs all over town proclaim that George Washington stopped there six or seven times. The town is perfectly flat, so it made for a few days of pleasant bike riding. The town also has a jitney service that will take you where you want to go for $1.
We have been using Trip Advisor for most of our restaurant choices. The #1 place in Rock Hall was the Harbor Shack, a Key West style open air place along the water. What a disappointment! I can't decide if the service or the food was worse. We now look at Trip Advisor with a bit of skepticism.
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| Harbor Shack--cute but not good food |
The most advertised restaurant in town is Watermans' Seafood, on the water, with some boat docks. We tried to dock the boat there when we first arrived in Rock Hall, but the dock people were not around, and the docks looked in terrible shape. But the restaurant, just 100 yards from the Marina where we did dock, looked okay.
Their specialty is crabs, and they were selling them for $55 per dozen for medium size, and $70 per dozen for large size. I only tell you this because on one of our bike rides, I came across Ford's Seafood restaurant, a hole-in-the-wall diner type place along the highway. I saw some local farmers walking in, and I asked them "is this place any good?" and they said "best in town." So we went there for dinner, where the crabs were $18 per dozen for mediums.
And they were delicious!!!
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Next stop--Delaware City, DE, out of the Chesapeake and up the C&D (Chesapeake and Delaware) Canal.
