Meandering into St. Michaels - 2nd - 7th August 2011
Nimue
Sun 7 Aug 2011 09:27
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We were making one last port of call before we hauled Nimue out of the
water for the season. We had heard that St. Michaels was a ‘must see’, so
we ventured 25nm across the Chesapeake Bay to the Eastern Shore and into the
Miles River, where St. Michaels is located.
 On our way under headsail across the
Chesapeake Bay
We dropped anchor in St. Michaels harbour and just a short
distance away from the restored 1879 Hooper Strait Lighthouse, now part of the
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum and a short dinghy ride into town.
St Michaels is known as the town that fooled the British. When
the British planned an attack on the town during the dark morning hours of 10
August 1813, the residents, forewarned, hoisted lanterns to the masts of the
ships and in the tops of the trees. The “blackout” was effective, tricking the
British by causing the cannons to overshoot the town. St Michaels derived its
name from the Episcopal Church of St.Michael the Archangel parish, established
here in 1877. The church attracted settlers who engaged in tobacco growing and
ship building.
  The Hooper Strait
Lighthouse
  The Inn At Perry Cabin hotel viewed from
Nimue
An old gaffer taking out tourists
Once ashore, it was easy to see the charm of St. Michaels and
why it’s now a first class tourist attraction.
  Michael with Merlin at the dinghy
dock and crossing the bridge into
town
  Michael carrying the shopping bags!
  The area where the Crab Claw Restaurant
stands was one of the first parts of Navy Point, St. Michaels to be built up
with oyster shells.
A rather fancy painted speed boat moored
outside the Restaurant
  Navy Point Historic Houses circa
1851
   Signs of all sorts displayed around the
town!
This plaque was outside the bank. Just made
me wonder if HSBC would do the same for their dedicated employees?
  A selection of quaint shops in Talbot
St.
Even a Christmas shop!
    A typical church and a house complete
with a veranda
  This rather nice Mustang was up for
auction by the local Rotary Club.
  We were both desperate for haircuts and came across the local
barber shop (for Michael). Unfortunately, the shop was closed with a sign
saying the barber was seriously ill in hospital and was unlikely to
return! Thereafter, we located another hairdressers and we were both
fitted in the next day for a trim.
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