We enjoyed a 42 mile run to Delaware City, Delaware. We traveled on the C&D canal (14 miles long), the Chesapeake and Delaware canal, which connects the Chesapeake Bay and the Delaware River. The C&D is a shipping canal used by barges loaded with cargo mainly to and from the ports of Delaware River and Baltimore. We were told that traveling the canal during the week was bad since barge traffic would be busy. We saw one lonely barge traversing the C&D and we waved. I think after seeing 16 tows/barges in one day while traveling on the Mississippi River we are not fazed too much!
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| The one barge we saw |
It's crazy we were in Maryland yesterday, Delaware today and our next stop will be in New Jersey! Our plan is to stay one night here at the Delaware City Marina but we have to watch weather as we will be crossing the Delaware bay which can get rough with the right winds. We have one more stop before we have to cross the bay, those marinas charge a bit more than here in Delaware City. Since we do not have a schedule to uphold, we will take advantage of this quaint small town, holding tight here until we see a good weather window. No one is complaining as the town has several restaurants, a seafood market, bars and very friendly staff here at the marina. We even took a ferry over to Fort Delaware which is a union harbor defense facility dating back to the 1850's. It once housed confederate prisoners of war. Visitors to the fort get to experience how things were back in the day with actors in character depicting time living at the fort.
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| There's no way I could do this job, these are some brave men! |
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| The marina office/ships store |
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| Jammin Jane docked in Delaware |
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| Cute little downtown |
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| Lunch and beverages at Crabby Dick's! |
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| Wisp's seafood market, right down the street! |
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| I was feeling crabby! |
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| The marina dock master was very kind and gave us a ride to the grocery store so Ben could smoke these yummy's! |
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| Ferry ride to Fort Delaware |
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| The mess hall for the soldiers |
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| The personal cook to the officers at the fort |
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| One of the privy's at the fort |
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| Playing banjo while doing laundry |
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| The old barracks where they held 200 prisoners in this one room |
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