Chesapeake Bay

Oct 31st, we headed over the peninsula between the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay, about an hour drive. Enroute we stopped at Charlotte Hall,  for a market. The first part of the market we saw was a resemblence of Mexico, everything you could want from socks to extension cords, we were a little disappointed thinking that was it. As we walked around the back we found the Amish had their own area with fresh produce, eggs and baking as well as furniture. We stocked up with our veggies and fruit at a very reasonible price. Two fellows were selling puppies and they were sooooo cute, I told Wolf we needed to get in the grove of things and have a dog like all the other rv'rs!!!!!!! NOT.
The drive was basic with alot of little towns and a couple of bigger ones, we nearly got wiped out in one larger town next to a mall, some jerk decided he was going to pass on the right when the lane ended and he hit a sign post, shearing it off, and it came across the front of us and we could not swerve out of the way because of a vehicle on our left, so we ran over the base and sign. No damage to truck but had we been a little further ahead of him it would have hit the passenger side door.
The next town we visited was St. Mary's and it has alot of 1600's history but not alot there. It was actually the capital of Maryland in the 1600's. A very protected port where the English brought in supplies. Not alot written about the place but they are doing alot of archeological digs and finding some very interesting things. The town is now a college town and that is about all that is there, just the dorms and school buildings, all  very old and well looked after. They have also built a replica, to the best of their knowledge, of a 46 foot tall ship, the DOVE.

We found a state park at the tip of the peninsula, Point Lookout State Park, and it is right on the point, sites were large and private.


This State House was reconstructed from material found close to building site.