East River in Mobjack Bay; Robinson’s Vintage Soda Fountain in Matthews, VA

We had a great breeze out of the east for our sail north to Mobjack Bay where we chose to move up the East River and dropped anchor with about 20 other boats around 3:30 pm.  As it was high tide, we knew we could not delay if we wanted to take the dinghy further up the creek to Mathews town because the water becomes too shallow at anything but an hour or so either side of high tide to reach this town. So off we went and about 1 mile later, we arrived at the end of the creek - Mathews town.  There we found an old General Store dating to 1870 and across the street, Robinsons - where we each got an ice cream from their old soda fountain. Back on Juno, we sat down and tried our best to relax in this most scenic area as jet skis and motorboats went zipping by - hardly the peace and quiet we were hoping for but then this is Memorial Day weekend.

The creek to Mathews