Northern Chesapeake Trip...
 

So, the wife and I decided this year we'd make the trek north for the 4th of July Vacation and enjoy some of the spots we both enjoyed as kids.

Instead of tagging along with friends on their boats, we saddled up the boat to the truck and made the long journey up I-95.

We traveled over 2000 miles on the highway, and a shade over 300 by water. Didn't make all the great spots, but experienced a handful. Spent 2 nights on the boat, but more importantly, was on the boat every day for 7 days!!!

Be aware, I've got a bunch of pics below... :evilb:

Here's the first group:

Saturday... Still pond

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Sunday was Ski Beach on the Bohemia
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Monday was very special...make the trip South to Annapolis.

Bay Bridge:
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Naval Academy:
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What I call..."silly money"
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Ego Alley:
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Parking Spot for the day:
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Tuesday was over to North East for the fire works. Spent the night anchored out and watched what was a great fireworks show! Then over to Lloyd's Creek for Wednesday.

Turkey Point:
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Red Point by Cara Cove:
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Jackson's...we had our boat here as a kid and my wife and I met here:
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Parking spot for the night (note the kick a$$ red-neck A/C):
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Great show:
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Up at the end on the canal...we actually bought our first Teal and Gray Velocity from these folks...Great people!
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Wednesday at Lloyd's Creek:
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Kid's Enjoying the day in their 4th of July gear:
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Good for you! Brought the boat all the way from florida and hit all the good spots when you were hear. Looked like a great trip!

Thursday, we headed south again and went to Great Oaks for the night...even got a chance to mosey on over to Jellyfish Joels.

Coming in the cut:
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View from the pool:
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Heading back on Friday...Bay was like glass:
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Chilling in the back seat:
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Finished the week off, with a cruise down to Chesapeake Inn for the fireworks. Had an awesome week, and the boat performed flawlessly!

C & D Canal:
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Sun going down:
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Looking back at the Inn...Man this place was packed!
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fixx
 

how do the palm trees stay alive in the winter? (first pic)

Not exactly sure...I would imagine they wrap them up during the winter like we do on cold nights down here. They did have a fairly mild winter this year and the bartender said almost all made it through...

Maybe some of the regulars to Jellyfish Joels could provide more insight. ;)

Many of the bars up here simply buy new trees each year and replace the ones that die. Nothing will keep them alive when we have a bad winter. I am always surprised how cheaply you can get them (big too).

Ziemer we where down there also the same time, nice pics. Did you see a 33 powerplay?

I saw one...not sure if it was you or not. Were you with Thunder Struck? Saw you guys Wednesday at Lloyd's, Friday at Chesapeake Inn, and on 272 near I-95 on Saturday. :evilb:

Sounds like you had a great trip!!

Here's a little video from our fun-run this past Saturday. We had 12 boats and about 35 people at the lunch stop. :drink:
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Its a shame you couldn't make the run what ya brung run ziemer, maybe next time. Speak up when you are coming to town again and we will try to set one up. It was a tad hot anyway, but we prevailed with frozen drinks at rockhall :food-smiley-009:

Anyway, great trip you took with irreplacable family time. Thumbs up to you. You hit all our favorite spots for sure which reminds me our next run should be to ego alley in annapolis panther. I love that place!

Nice pics. Looks like you had a great time.

yes that was us

I'm game, I'd love to make my way down that end of the bay! :evilb:

Yeah, I missed it by a day... We were driving all day Saturday... I had replied to the post over on Boatfreaks, but no big deal we definitely had a blast! ;)

I'm fairly certain we'll do it again next year. 4th of July up north is a ball...we were able to see 3 fireworks shows during the week, and all were great!

BTW, great Video Panther! Like the view point on above the out drive... was that on a 24' Pantera?

It's actually a Jaws. It's Cigarette/Banana "like" boat. I think it's pretty cool.

Cool! Saw him at Lloyd's Creek last week. ;)

Jeff, looks like a hell of a great trip!
Glad you're enjoying and using the new boat!

Nice pics, We are at Still Pond all the time and many of the other places...Inn, Jelly's, Lloyd's, etc....great trip ...congrats!

That's what it's about! Making memories of a lifetime.:cool: