Friday, September 17, 2010Chillin in Chesapeake

We are thrilled to be in the lovely little port of Havre de Grace at the northern and fairly freshwater area of Chesapeake Bay. We took a bit of a quick tour of the village and we discovered a fantastic book shop and one great store.

Scott spent this morning working on the head (ugh) while we did school work and Lisa sorted out communications issues.

We've now transferred our Rogers account over to a prepaid account, thus cutting off our Canadian cell phone and gone with a very inexpensive pay as you go Net 10 U.S. phone. We've also got a Verizon wireless stick that is also pay as you go.

This is a lovely port at the top of the Chesapeake, which is mostly freshwater due to the Susquehanna River that empties into the bay. Chesapeake Bay is actually a drowned river - flooding about a million years ago turned this from a freshwater delta to a saltwater bay.

There is a bass tournament on one end and crab fishing at the other.

We are on a mooring at Tidewater Marina and can't wait to explore this lovely spot for the next few days, catch up on school and boatwork.