solomons island

At 7 am we hopped on a bus and headed to Solomon's Island, Maryland, with the Liberty Bell Wanderers Volkssport group.

The bus driver and the man in the front row (who will be walking cross country in February) were very, very chatty. It's how I found about about another group, Shorewalkers, that does walks in Jersey and New York. Including a 50K around Manhatten Island in May.

The bus was brand spanking new and even had seatbelts. It also had Wifi, which was pretty spotty. It depends on cellphone towers, and we went thru many areas where the signal was weak. After losing many student posts, I gave up trying to work, and went on to knitting. I also took my Kindle, but never opened it.

We arrived at about 11, and finally hit the asphalt at maybe 11:45.

can you see the lighthouse? It has a red roof.

The weekend was sponsored by the Freestate Happy Wanderers Volkssport Group. There was a 6K and a 4K, making a figure 8 and the Holiday Inn was the start/end point. The 6K wove around the downtown area and beaches and the 4K around a ritzy gated community.

We ate breakfast at 6, so our first stop was lunch. We were about 1.5K into the walk. We ate at Stoney's, who had their own dock. That's how we role at a shore town. Bonnie had tuna, Lyd had scallops, and me, salmon salad. Food was delicious. service sucked. Clearly, they were still gearing up for the summer season.

Then we took off and did the rest of the 6K on the island.  We we close to the Holiday Inn and the route led us thru a shopping center. The poles had hand knitted socks on them? Maybe the were cold. I wasn't—it was hot and humid!

Lydia decided after we did the museum and Drum Point lighthouse, she'd stay behind (horrible chaffing issues), and Bonnie and I could finish the 10K. It never happened. As you know we get easily distracted.

The maritime museum was small but nice. The lighthouse was only three stories and tiny. The third floor was the lamp. Seven people lived in that house. Total square feet was about the size of my living room.

On the way to the lighthouse there was a children's activity tent. As it turned out the children could be any age. The three of us made boats.  Theoretically they float. floats. It was fun. 

Our room was the room used to store all the luggage. You couldn't check in till three. So we had lots of visitors.

When we got back to the room, I volunteered to walk to the 7-11 for Vaseline and baby powder for Lydia's chaffing. Then I went exploring to find a close pub to get a snack after our sunrise cruise, at 7:30.

It's 6:58. We board at 7:15. We gotta hit the asphalt. We found out a couple of things on this trip. Whatever time they tell you be there 15 minutes early. We gotta hit the road!