| the Chesapeake Bay
Wayfarer Cruise 2008 Wednesday 28 May: Crisfield to Tangier Island - 4 photos by Uncle Al, Gary & Jeremy Hirsch |
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| Milton likes us, and we get
to
pay less than the going rate every year - a group rate? ... |
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| a lovely place to be!! - click here for full-size pic ...... |
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| One of Milton's many ... ... |
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| ... dependents ... |
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| Gary recovers his land
legs. ... |
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| pretty flat land ... ... |
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| ... everywhere ... ... |
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| ... you look! ... |
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| Pictures from Gary's and
Jeremy's first ... ... |
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| ... walk ... ... |
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| ... around ... ... |
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| ... the ... ... |
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| ... waterfront near the
marina. ... |
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| Dick pauses on the main
street
by the cemetery before ... ... |
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| ... continuing on towards ... ... |
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| ... Spanky's Place near
... ... |
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| ... Hilda Crockett's Chesapeake
House
where Hans, Al, Tony and Mary will be staying for the next two nights and all of us will be eating supper tonight. ... |
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| Across the street is the Chesapeake House annex. ... |
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| another look down the main
street ... |
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| Jeremy and Mary do the
tourist
thing. Mary's been here before of course. Just last year
she gained
fame as the "trollop of Tangier"! ... |
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| With the land only a couple
of
feet above sea level, graves ... ... |
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| ... have to be ... ... |
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| ... above the ... ... |
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| ... ground. ... |
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| Back at the marina, the
boats
look secure, and ... ... |
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| ... to my eyes ... ... |
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| ... extremely pretty! ... |
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| Party time aboard Blue Mist: (l to r) Dick, Mary,
Tony ... |
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| Ah, and here's Milton Parks
in
his official cap and on his official "company" scooter,
looking ... ... |
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| ... as great as ever!! ... |
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| Hans is checked in,
unpacked and
... ... |
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| ... relaxed on the bench in
front of Hilda Crockett's. ... |
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| another look at the Annex ... |
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| view from our room upstairs
at
Hilda Crockett's - for full-size pic, click here ... |
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| Dinner at Hilda's was good
and
... ... |
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| ... well attended. The
young
people work for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation who were
there doing volunteer
work. ... |
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| The guests dig in. ... |
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| Gary and Jeremy chat with
some
of the CBF people who are about to embark on a ... ... |
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| ... walking tour of the
island. ... |
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| A lot of these photos speak
for
themselves, so from here on in, I will let them do so,
unless I have
useful info to impart. ... |
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| After supper, we headed
back
down to the marina where Hans is taking in the interesting complex of structures lining the main channel while Tony admires Milton's pride and joy. |
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