Days 238-241: Cross Island Trail

Piney Narrows Yacht Haven, Kent Island, MD (docked)

September 10-13, 2022

Our marina is very close to the Cross Island Trail that parallels Route 50. This trail is our path to lots of good food and pretty scenery. Since we don’t have a car, we use this trail a lot!

On Saturdays we like to go out to breakfast. There’s a nice coffee shop just over the Kent Island Narrows Bridge. This week they had really delicious individual blackberry pies.

The trail crosses a few tidal creek areas; it’s pretty interesting to see how it looks in different weather conditions.

We normally head west but on Monday we went east. The trail here is mostly a wooden boardwalk over tidal marsh.

About two miles from our marina is a small park where there are plum trees galore. The fallen fruit is all over the trail and as they rot they emit a slight alcohol fragrance which isn’t terrible.

The fallen plums are apparently very attractive to butterflies.

We decided to grab sandwiches at the gas station on the eastern part of the trail (only the best for us!) before we walked back. I’m not sure I really thought about how many meals we would get at gas stations on our journey, but honestly, we’ve been pleasantly surprised at what we’ve gotten.

We did not get a photo of the doe and her fawn who were grazing between the boardwalk and the highway. Luckily when they ran, they ran parallel to the road – the outcome could have been really awful if they ran into the road.

Today is Taco Tuesday so we went west on the trail and got tacos from the counter in a different gas station. Our boat neighbors joined us as we ate al fresco in the parking lot.

These boat neighbors had a boat renaming ceremony on Saturday night – complete with libations for Neptune and Poseidon and a christening with a bottle of bubbly wine. They unveiled their boat’s new name, Gallivant, and we hope they will be blessed with fair winds and following seas.

John’s wrist is slowly getting better. He’s been able to manage the discomfort with Tylenol and Motrin. It’s still not 100% but he’s definitely getting there.