April 13-15, 2010
We left Cumberland IS mid morning to proceed up the St. Mary's River to the quiet picturesque town on the banks of the St. Mary's River. Howard Michael and Ginny Fields, friends from Charleston, were driving down to St. Mary's to meet us and spend the night on the boat with us. we were able to dock and go into the town for some lunch. they met us at "The Mad Hatter" a sweet little tea/lunch shop. It was decorated with an Alice in Wonderland theme using
numerous doll collections and tea collections. Their menu featured good salads, sandwiches, fresh scones, and I had a wonderful shrimp crepe.
After our lunch, we drove around the town looking at the old houses and an very old cemetery with dates from 1800's and maybe earlier. there are a number of bed and breakfast establishments in town and some grand old houses. we also made a trip to the grocery store through the more modern parts of the town almost all the way back to I-95. The docks are down by the oldest historic part. We had a lovely cocktail hour followed by a steak dinner on the boat. The next morning we had a big breakfast before journeying back into the town to browse through some of the shops. There are several bookstores, and numerous "antique"/gift shops. Our guests left at noon to return to Charleston.
We ate dinner out at the local seafood restaurant, Langs which has its own fleet of shrimp boats.
The pictures are of the church/bank and its sign, the Spencer House Bed and Breakfast, and the house and sign for a funky pirate B&B. Unfortunately I did not have my camera for the drive through town.
We departed St. Mary's early the next morning heading out to sea to St. Augustine.
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