In Search of the Elusive Maryland Crabs

First of all, I must say that I am not sure where the last two weeks

have disappeared to.

How does time fly by so fast? 

I haven't posted in a week,

and haven't visited anyone in two weeks.

Hopefully this week will be better,

or slower anyway.

And now,

on with the story.

Several weeks ago,

JWS and I were watching one of the many food shows

that he likes.

Since the remote only fits his hand

and

somehow cannot leave

the bubble that must be surrounding his recliner

I am a captive audience

to whatever crap educational program that he decides to watch

most of the time.

This, however, looked interesting.

An island in the Chesapeake Bay.

Drum Point

and the BEST crab sandwiches around.

We were going to be "close" to that.

"Let's plan on going there!"

I said.

A little over a week ago,

we headed to the DC area for a one day open house

at one of our shirt suppliers.

We were turning it into a two and a half day trip.

We had not been away together alone in over two years.

It was to be an eye-opening experience.

Wednesday afternoon

had us lost somewhere in West Virginia.

The lesson learned?

Don't rely on the GPS on your phone.

How can there be that much of the country that does not have cell phone service?

Finally,

a map

and

a local gas station

with some great directions

(while JWS parked as far away as he could and sent me in to ask

while he sat in the vehicle, head down, sunglasses on,

trying to remain incognito

lest he be seen needing directions)

and we were back on track.

What we discovered on this trip?

JWS, who could at one time

drive right through Manhattan,

drive a 40 foot motor home through downtown Pittsburgh,

a cattle trailer through Chicago,

hold the record for a 13 hour trip to Florida,

drive straight through to Colorado,

....

no longer really likes to drive.

And

while I like to drive

and don't mind driving...

it seems

that no one else

really likes my driving.

What a quandary we were in.

Anyhow back to the island

and the crab.

Thursday morning,

we head to the island.

At least three maps in hand.

Local maps,

Maryland maps,

Virginia maps.

It really didn't look that far.

Several wrong turns,

several tense moments,

a lovely cup of coffee

and the cutest little coffee shop

and

147 miles later

we arrived at the ferry to the island.

AND

it doesn't start running until

MAY!!!

A little homework here might have been a great thing!

So,

I ask the nice lady at the marina,

while JWS assumes the

"asking directions position",

"Is there anywhere we can get a crab sandwich?"

"Sure!" she answers,

"At Cockrell's Deli,

they have the greatest crab,

nice place, on the water,

great atmosphere!"

And

she gives me directions...

only nine more miles.

Which turned into close to fifteen,

because of course,

we got lost again!

Finally,

we find it and this is the sign.

It was Thursday, March 29th.

So,

we ate here.

Cute little restaurant,

a couple of burgers,

I had to lay napkins on the plastic tablecloth to keep my arms from sticking to it.

It took two hands to lift my coffee cup off the table,

again,

sticky.

and

JWS found a rather large bug in his iced tea.

And then we began the 150+ mile trip back to civilization.

We did manage to find some cute little antique shops,

and

some thrift shops.

No great finds.

I thought everything was a little pricey.

And then,

Supper time.

we found this place,

and

Wow! 

All I can say,

was that all was not lost.

Tim's Rivershore Restaurant

It was worth the wait.

If you are ever in the area,

you have to eat there!

Get out your GPS,

it is not easy to find.

You wind through a back road,

cross the railroad tracks

and travel  up a gravel road

between the tracks and the river.

It was amazing,

Great food,

Great Atmosphere

and the waiter we had

was awesome! 

and

so were the crabs!

Well worth the 300 mile search!

Friday,

we went to our shirt company.

This is a pic of the warehouse.

It was a fun event

with tons of really good food!

We hit the ground running on Saturday morning and all of last week was craziness.

Hopefully this week

just brings "normal" crazy!