Solmons to Sandy Point, Tiki and BK

Our last couple of days in Solomons could not have been nicer! We played a few more nice games of tennis at the Holiday Inn courts, and took long walks. One of these lead us to the AnneMarie Sculpture Garden. This gorgeous, public garden is the gift of a local gentleman in honor of his daughter and features outstanding sculptures by well-known artists on loan (?) from the Hirschorn Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. It is really a gem, set in the woods on a little-travelled rural road near the bottom of the Chesapeake Bay. We must have spent at least an hour wandering among the gardens and sculpture. Heavenly! Less than heavenly but also quite fun was our chance meeting of a mighty sailor named BK at some sports bar for Sunday afternoon football. Miraculously, both our teams won in the 4th quarter (The Pack and Da Bears). We decided to continue our celebration at the "world famous" Solomons Tiki Bar - and that is us in the first picture. We shared sailing stories and light beer and passed a delightful evening. The next day we left for our 3-day trip to Norfolk. The first day we sailed to the Great Wicomico River and anchored in a lovely anchorage right behind Sandy Point. The schooner that you see in the picture must have been returning from the Great Schooner Race. Sandy Point is a popular anchorage with good reason - it was very lovely, easy to get to, and carried at least 14 feet of water almost all the way to the shore. Arriving at Sandy Point we noticed an incredible rainbow-like effect streaming out of the clouds. We decided that was an excellent omen and spent an extremely pleasant night. The next day - Mobjack Bay!