Cristfield/Tangier Island/Solomons/Annapolis - the picture version

I talked Paul into going on what he calls a "cattle boat" to Tangier Island from Cristfield just so we could say we've been there! This was a crabber going out from Cristfield...the Lady H is anchored in the small bay to the left of this picture. As we left on the "cattle boat" we went out the same inlet that we had motored into for safe anchoring...and by these crab sheds...where they wait for the crabs to become soft shelled and then sell them...
Thought this would give more history about the island than I would...
This is the main street on the island...there are 600 people living on the island...industry is predominately crabbing...and tourism...both taking a big hit right now...this is their "high season" and there were only 30 people on a boat that holds 300...and 6 of us at dinner that usually had held up to 50 or so. They use golf carts to go the couple of miles around the island and still speak in what is called an Elizabethian accent...difficult to understand...
Looking at Tangier Island from the boat...
All of the crabbers have a stand alone "shack" on the inlet to the docks.
Getting to this island means going through a long channel...because as we say...the water is very "skinny"!
I think I shared with you a picture of the Solomons on our way down...so to have things be a little different... here is someone who came and visited us while we were anchored there on our way up the Bay.
Paul says it must be a "she" because she was friendly and not hissing at us....hmmmm....
And the Osprey are always fun to watch...especially now that they have youngin's in their nests.
And on to Annapolis...downtown...very cute downtown area...and actually our bike ride was south of the downtown area and was a great, short ride, on a bike "path" (next to traffic - but a marked bike path)...so I was impressed with that!
Downtown Annapolis getting ready for July 4th!!!
These kids and boats are EVERYWHERE around here...from small to bigger to biggest...and my question is "can you tell who has the right of way here"???And here is a picture of the google map that showed the storm that hit us last night...we are anchored off of a wall where the map says "Naval Academy". The whitelines show how FAST the storms were moving. And now I get to go shopping....