Although we have been enjoying Solomon's Island for 20 years as sailors, we've never made it beyond the bridge for an overnight. We made it a summer goal and checked it off the list on this trip.
Day 1 - Back Creek to Solomon's. Good wind and great sail from Annapolis to Poplar Island. We spent the night on a mooring ball at Zahnisers.
Day 2 - Maintenance work to be done so we stayed on the mooring ball. Kids and grandkids dinghied over for dinner and then we spent the evening in Leonardtown at our granddaughters' ballet recital.
Day 3 - Solomon's Island to St. Leonard's Creek after a morning sail with our grandson and his friend. Something big was happening up the Creek at Vera's White Sands. There had to be 100 or more power boats and great live music so we opted to stay out of the fray and anchored at Rollins Cove, a beautiful, quiet anchorage.
Day 4 - It was sooo hot that we chose to hang out in the Cove for most of the day. Another sailor dinghied over to say hello and when it cooled off we headed up to get a closer look at White Sands which was eerily quiet after yesterday. Life in the 2020 quarantine we guess.
Day 5 - Cruised upriver and checked out Broome's Island but decided it was a little too snug an anchorage for us so we headed back down the river and anchored at Mill Creek just past the bridge. Another very hot day, so we again waited to do some dinghy exploration once the temps dropped.
Day 6 - It was a very stormy day, lost of thunderstorms throughout the day so we put the time to good use doing some boat chores.
Day 7 - We got an early start in case of more afternoon storms and headed home Mill Creek to Back Creek in about 7 1/2 hours.