Deltaville to Reedville, VA to Solomons, MD by Karen Posey - June 22-23, 2015

June 22, 2015

We continued our trip north on the Chesapeake and anchored in a quiet little anchorage in Reedville, VA.  The photo below shows the beautiful sunset that evening.

Sunset at anchorage in Reedville, VA

June 23, 2015

We had to be underway by 6am the next day (June 23), so we were able to catch the sunrise photo below.

Sunrise at anchorage in Reedville, VA

In order to avoid too boisterous a ride today, we put a second reef in the main and a single reef in the jib and motor-sailed for 8 hours on the Chesapeake to Solomons, MD.  We saw several lighthouses along the way.  I am disappointed that I did not take photos of all of them, but four of them are shown below…New Point Comfort Lighthouse, Wolf Trap Lighthouse, Smith Point Lighthouse, and Point No_Point Lighthouse.

New Point Comfort Lighthouse

Wolf Trap Lighthouse

Smith Point Lighthouse

Point No Point Lighthouse

We also passed a towboat pulling a barge of gravel…interesting sight to see on the open water.

Towboat pulling a barge of gravel

Another interesting sight on the Chesapeake that day: a RORO (roll on, roll off car carrier transporting up to 8,000 new cars across the ocean)…

RORO on the Chesapeake

We arrived in Solomons, MD mid-afternoon and felt immediately at home in a favorite stopover town for sailors that we both know well.  The photo below shows Drum Point Lighthouse, which was retired and relocated to Solomons at the Calvert Maritime Museum.

Drum Point Lighthouse (retired) at the Calvert Maritime Museum

We rowed ashore in the dinghy for dinner (hooray for no canned goods!).  A serious lightning storm passed over us, so we waited it out in the restaurant until there was a brief break in the weather so that we could safely (and without too much discomfort) row back to the boat.  We will stay in Solomons tomorrow (June 24) to re-provision, and then HEAD TO ANNAPOLIS!!