From the Other Side!

We traveled by land yesterday to view the places we had already seen from the water as we traveled the Little Choptank off the Chesapeake. We were able to view things up close and personal and were delighted with what we saw and experienced. Below is a picture of Trinity Church probably built between 1670 and 1680.


As you can see, it is a diminutive Flemish bond structure that was restored in 1953 and services are held there each Sunday. The church yard unfolds like a page from history. Beneath its spread of cedars, sycamores, elms, and wild cherries lie the bodies of Thomas King Carroll, one time governor of Maryland, and his illustrious daughter Anna Ella Carroll, one of Abraham Lincoln's confidants.

A pair of giant millstones taken from a nearby 18th century gristmill mark a miller's grave. Soldiers from the American Revolution rest in the shadows alongside veterans from every other war in U.S. history.

We traveled northwest to Spocott Windmill on Grays Creek. (We ran aground with Marco the day we were trying to see this from the water!!!) On the same site there is Llolyd's Country Store Museum, The Castle Haven School and the origional Spocott tenant house. Each were unattended by anyone (open 24 hours a day!) and all were filled with treasures that made you want to stay a very long time.

The school house was particularly appealing to Gail who found some old books with wise words on teaching children to read published in early 1900.

John ,on the other hand ,was completely fascinated with the windmill. The gears are hand-carved and we were able to climb to the very top to examine them. Dad LeRoy would have loved it!

After a short tour of the quaint town of Cambridge, our final stop for the day was a wonderful restaurant in Oxford right on the Tred Avon River. That of course put us in mind of the bard, and our favorite English Professor, Sheila. We dined outside and watched a sailing regata as the sun was setting. Of course, we both had Maryland crab and enjoyed every mouthful.