the Wicomico River

If wind and weather cooperate we would use the third day to get to the little town of Whitehaven on the Wicomico River.  I've measured out the distance below from South Marsh Island and it is about 18 miles.  Just about right to get us in by early afternoon so we can look around, clean up and relax.

There is the very classic looking Whitehaven Hotel where we would like to stay for a night.  You'll see photos of it down at the bottom of the post.  And here is a photo of the old Whitehaven Shipyard from the hotel's website.   Like all the little waterfront towns on the bay, there is a lot of history there.  It was at one time a thriving little town.  I'm sure it is much quieter now, but still it will be fun to look at the waterfront and imagine what it was like in days gone by.

That satellite photo at the top shows the route from South Marsh Island to Whitehaven.  But as I said in yesterday's post we could end in at Deal Island instead of South Marsh Island.  If we do end up at Deal Island we would have a choice of two routes to get to Whitehaven.  One would be to sail west back out on to Tangier Sound.  The other would be to head east and then north using Laws Thorofare to cut through the salt marshes behind Deal Island as drawn below.  I always enjoy taking those narrow passages.  We'll just have to see where we end up spending the night and what the weather is like.

And below is the hotel.  Pretty nice looking place don't you think?  I've emailed the owners checking on room availability and meals.
Drawing out these routes, measuring the distances helps me think through the trip.  I can kind of see it all coming together now.  A few days on Tangier Sound, then work our way up to the Little Choptank and then maybe Tilgman Island, Oxford and..... well we've still got to figure that out.

steve