Sept. 9-11, 2017 - Mobjack, Cape Charles - the start of the Ott Adventure

Our adventure with the Otts began around 12:15 a.m. (yes, a.m.) when we picked them up at the Richmond airport.  After a few hours sleep, we turned in our rental car, filled two grocery carts at Walmart, and laid around the boat the rest of the day recuperating from our late night.  On Sunday, after 17 days at Zimmerman Marine, we finally started our engines and left to cross the Chesapeake to Cape Charles.  It was a little windy and the waves were hitting us on the side which caused a little tossing and turning, enough to dump quite a few things over in the boat.  We docked at Oyster Creek Marina around 2:00, rented a golf cart for the day, and headed into the town.  Cape Charles was incorporated in 1886.  It was a seafood and agricultural region.  Most of the neighborhoods had diverse building styles - Victorian, Colonial Revival, Craftsman, and Neoclassical along with about 11 Sears & Roebuck houses. The first stop, of course, was the Brown Dog Ice Cream shop, then to the Shanty for a pretty good dinner.  Monday we did an in-depth exploring of the town.  We had lunch at a cute drug store which included some good sandwiches and, of course, ice cream for dessert.  After touring the town on foot and by golf cart, we settled in for the night. 

Jack and George testing the dinghy

Let the fun begin!

Jack's new sweatshirt (yes it was a little cool that day)

An interesting sculpture

First stop - really good ice cream

Yum, yum

Pictures from the marina

We're out on the end

Getting ready for our day of exploring

First stop - Cape Charles Museum

The guide at the museum was extremely interesting - had lived

in Cape Charles all his life

Waiting for our ice cream

A cute sculpture on the beach

All the parking on the main street is back-in parking

(note the sign behind the golf cart)

St. Charles Catholic Church - built in 1886

This building was part of an 1891 Italianate brick row unusual for

its second floor brick window crowns and cornice

A view of part of the main street - the corner building was once the largest

building and department store on the Eastern Shore

One of the unique houses overlooking the Bay

The view from the back of the restaurant on the marina grounds