Jim registered his two sisters, brother, and me for a Howard County bus excursion to Maryland's Eastern Shore including a 3-hour cruise on the Chesapeake Choptank.
We boarded the riverboat (below) at Suicide Bridge, made infamous for its long history of attracting unhappy people intend on suicide. I'm not kidding. Apparently, the bridge was rebuilt several times and the name stuck. Good for business I guess.
Watching the paddles turn was mesmerizing but even more impressive was the width of the Choptank, one of the many rivers flowing into the Chesapeake Bay. Notice how distant the shore is and we are in he middle of the river.
Jim's sister Suzie summary of our day on the Choptank:
"It was a beautiful day that brought back lots of memories that we shared as kids growing up on Walnut Street in Hanover, PA. Our father would drive to Chincoteague and bring back barrels of live hard shell crabs. Then, as kids we would sit around our kitchen table and help him devour the cooked crabs. I don't mention the fresh oysters he also bought. Those met a different fate. He shucked them in the basement as we all watched. Then mother made oyster stew."
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