Seafood packing and boatbuilding once supported the local economy, but now tourism is Solomons Island mainstay. Less than 1 1/2 miles long, the town has a single two-lane road traveling its entire length. At the northern end sits the Calvert Marine Museum and on the southern end of town is the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory run by the University of Maryland. Inbetween these two points you find marinas and boats....most being sailboats and lots of people.
Sunday was a day to relax because...guess what....it was raining....
Captain in the Galley
Homemade Oyster Stew
Along with Cheese Biscuits
Monday is a sunny day with a Blimp overhead
Our walking tour starts at the World Famous Island Tiki Bar
Would have been interesting to go inside
Boardwalk on the Patuxent River
Methodist Church
Flowering Bush is beautiful
On the Chesapeake it's Rockfish Bites with Buffalo Hot Sauce and Blue Cheese
The Lore and Sons Oyster House.....a 1932 seafood-packing house
Now a free museum to visit
Skipjack Oyster Boat
I didn't know
Shucking Oysters stalls.....25 cents a dozen
Sorting....Rinsing....Canning Room
Catholic Church and School
Beautiful homes along the way
All looking at the Patuxent River
Our walking tour is over
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