June 2023 Vacation - Day 5 - Dividing Creek on the Wye River

Today's goal was another night of anchoring on the Wye River.  This is our favorite anchorage the first place we anchored (and took the drone shot of Seas The Day) after we got the new anchor and it was also the place we anchored last year when the drone fell into the river.  With luck, we might be able to find a spot in Dividing Creek, which The Waterway Guide says is "one of the most idyllic gunkholes of the entire Bay".

We began departing Herrington Harbor South marina after breakfast, a quick stop at the market and a brief stop at the pumpout dock.

A last look back at Herrington Harbor South.

There was no wind, so we motored across the Chesapeake Bay and up into the Eastern Bay.

From the Eastern Bay, the Bennet Point Light marks the entrance into the Wye River.

We went up the Wye River, past our first anchorage (the little cove to the left of Dividing Creek) and peeked into Dividing Creek itself.  In past years, this was crowded, but today there were only two boats up the creek so we entered and grabbed the little cove off our port bow.  It proved a perfect place to anchor.

One thing to note is that our particular cove had some inquisitive black wasps.  These weren't aggressive, but a few decided to check to see if Seas The Day's interior might be a good place for a home and they were quickly zapped.

But Vicky wanted to fish and, alas, I was on board.  We all know where this is going... many photos of Vicky fishing, but no photos of her catching a fish.  

Vicky's fishing apparatus from a friend in China
(Loaded with port liver)

She seemed to have fun, but in the end my Father's Day dinner was beer brats instead of fresh fish.

We were kept company by this shore bird who wandered around the edge of our cove.  For some reason, photos from Vicky's iPhone came out, but mine did not.  I expect I must have a setting that's incorrect.

After a while we just sat and enjoyed the quietness.  It helped that this place seem to have zero cell coverage.  Even the T-Mobil hotspot was useless.  I was able to get some texts out to John and was able to upload a few small photos to Instagram (after a looooonnnnng wait).

What a beautiful location!

As evening fell, we enjoyed some ice cream.  

Ice cream at dusk.

As night fell, the forrest got early silent and still.  You can get a sense of this from this video.

The stars just filled the sky (no light pollution).

The main light at the top of the mast is our anchor light... the rest of the dots are stars.

Tomorrow, we will head out of Dividing Creek and see if we can get a reservation at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels.  That will be a quick trip of only 7.6 nm... perhaps an hour.

I expect we will start with some fishing!