Cambridge, MD

Place Visited: Cambridge, Maryland, USA
Date: December 2018

This was a magical trip. I decided to spend the day on the Eastern Shore. I first stopped by the Spocott Windmill, where I spent a very relaxing time drawing. There was no one around, but all the doors were unlocked, so I quite happily browsed all the buildings. It felt good to be trusted to be alone in such a place.

Later that day I stopped by the Stanley Institute. It didn't look open, but while I was peeking in windows, a gentleman drove up and offered me a tour. He had to drop off something at his mother's house so he opened up the school for me and let me look around (again, on my own) until he got back and gave me a simply marvelous private tour. He even took me through the church across the street that wasn't quite open to the public yet. He also recommended a place that wasn't on my itinerary, the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center, but that's another post.

Cambridge and Scotland, MD

Place Visited: Cambridge and Scotland, Maryland, USA
Date: September 2017

These were two lighthouses I actually did not visit on the same day.  In fact, Choptank River Replica Lighthouse was my very last stop of the challenge.  It was there that I discovered jellyfish in the Chesapeake!  (Well, technically the Choptank River, duh.)  I was surprised to see so many so close to the surface.  When I visited this lighthouse the first time, it was snowing.  So it was nice to actually be able to go up inside.

Point Lookout has seen better days.  The inside is crumbling, and in fact you can walk right through several of the walls.  It's usually fenced off, though, so it was neat to look inside.

Visited as part of the 2017 Maryland Lighthouse Challenge.

Cambridge, MD

Location:Cambridge, Maryland, USA
Date Visited: January 2015

Lunch at The High Spot was tasty, and it started to snow while I was eating. This turned out to be a bigger setback than I'd realized, as the snow quickly turned near-blinding and I ended up at the Dorchester County Visitor Center to wait it out. That was a bit of a strange place. At every single visitor center I've ever visited (and I've visited quite a few), the person working behind the desk has been friendly and helpful. The woman working at this one barely gave me a nod and a smile. Unfortunately, by the time the snow had started to ease up, it was too dark and rainy to continue on, so I overnighted in Delmar. I ate dinner at Tokyo Steakhouse, which was yummy but wow did I ever order too much food.