Morning Run; Sailed up San Domingo Creek to St. Michael’s Backdoor

Our morning run to feel better about last night's ice cream took us past an old Inn and a tiny shed once used as a custom house.  During the 1700's Oxford was one of only two ports of entry for the entire state and where much of the tobacco made its way from nearby plantations to England. Later, many watermen made their living harvesting oysters and crabs from nearby waters. Today, oystering and crabbing continues, but it is also popular with bicyclists as it is flat and has beautiful farms and coastal views. We had planned on renting bikes and taking them on a ferry across the Tred Avon so that we could bike up to St. Michaels but decided simply to take Juno to the ‘back door’ route to St. Michaels. So after defrosting the freezer and a short time ashore shopping, we sailed Juno up the San Domingo Creek to position ourselves to visit St. Michaels tomorrow. After arriving around 4 pm, we cleaned the brown ICW stain off the bow and sides of Juno so now she looks much cleaner. Around 7:30 pm, a strong storm rolled through, with winds topping 35 knots and the rain poured down but the anchor held in the thick mud.

Mural in Oxford