Deltaville, VA to Solomons, MD September 15

Smith Point Light, VA

Point No Point Light, MD

Naval Air Station Pax River

After several delightful days at Dozier’s Regatta Point Marina in Deltaville, it is time to move north.  We enjoyed meeting several of the “locals”, and each evening at least one other transient boater also arrived, so we had the opportunity to meet and socialize with several other boating couples.  It was a quiet, peaceful, marina—more like being anchored out than in a marina.  Of course, the very rural nature and seclusion meant that Kay cooked aboard instead of seeking out a restaurant, but that was fine.

We got underway early, and passed Windmill Point Light and Smith Point Light, then crossed the mouth of the Potomac River and into Maryland.  It’s a shame Stacy returned to Texas from her Washington, D.C. job a year ago, or we could have just visited her by water!  We then passed Point No Point Light, several naval aviation gunnery targets, and turned into the Patuxent River.  Shortly up the river, just across from Naval Air Station Patuxent River, we turned into Back Creek just before encountering the speedboat races that had the river blocked, and found our dock at Calvert Marina in Solomons, MD.  Their noise finally subsided as the races ended, and we had a glorious sunset and cool, calm evening.  The next morning the noise of the speedboat races was replaced by jet fighters screaming overhead, and the “booms” of their guns as they fire at the Chesapeake Bay targets that we cruised past yesterday afternoon! 

Solomons, MD

Patuxent River Speedboat Races

Calvert Marina, Solomons, MD

Solomons, MD Sunset