St. Michaels on Maryland's Eastern Shore

We love the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake.

It is quite different from the Western Shore, where you will find Baltimore, Annapolis, the Potomac River – BIG places, lots of people and boats. On the Eastern Shore you find quiet anchorages, farms, a slower pace, fewer people, fewer boats (except on holiday weekends!) and small, interesting towns.

We used to keep Aqua Vitae on the Eastern Shore at Lippincott Marine in Graysonville, MD. The marina is just on the other side of the Kent Narrows Bridge off Route 50. The setting there is lovely. The docks face Marshy Creek, where this picture was taken, and the land directly across the creek is owned by the Wildfowl Trust of North America. The place has a wonderful sense of peace.

I remember when St. Michaels was a sleepy little town, undiscovered - but you just knew that discovery would someday come. Well, it has, and summer weekends can be a challenge. I believe that the place has more boat shoes per capita on any given Sunday than anywhere else in the world. Well, except for Annapolis.

The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is in St. Michaels and is well worth a visit. As members we can dock our boat there overnight, which is great. It is two short blocks to town and restaurants.

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