Reedville
Scott-Free’s blog
Steve & Chris
Wed 15 Jun 2011 00:43
37:50.4N
76:16.4W
Wednesday 15th June
2011
Distance run: 26
nmiles
A short trip north
to Reedville which is a good overnight stop before heading up the Potomac
river. Conditions can apparently be quite lively if the tide is rushing
out of the mouth of the river against the wind,so we plan to do that bit the
next morning with the tide with us.
As we turned into
Cockrell Creek to run up into Reedville, the smell of the menhaden processing
factory hit us. This inedible fish is caught locally and the plant processes it
into a number of useful oils for all sorts of uses. The smell didn't stay
for long as we moved upwind of the plant and around the corner into the creek
and anchored in a very attractive spot.
The menhaden
processing
plant.
At anchor in Cockrell Creek, Reedville
Reedville houses
along the bank of the
creek.
Main Street, Reedville.
View from the
'Crazy Crab' restaurant by
day...
...and in the evening looking back along the river past Tim's
Point.
We took the rib
ashore and had a wander around up Main Street,stopping at Chitter Chatter's
for icecream. In the evening we went to the Crazy Crab for
supper and enjoyed some of the local dishes. The sugar toad fish were
delicious, and Steve had crab cakes. Both were accompanied by baked sweet
potato with butter and brown sugar, which I adored but Steve found too
sweet.
Strolling back to
the rib I was enthralled by the fireflies which darted here and there, suddenly
rising from the ground and bushes, little dots of light which seemed to come out
of nowhere,shine brightly for a few seconds and then disappear.
Wonderful.