Solomons Maritme Museum Lighthouse |
We strolled through local maritime and area history; many of the exhibits have been donated by local watermen and their families. The exhibition hall has a huge variety of displays including very old outboard engines, models of character craft that plied the waterways, such as a 250 seat theatre, and today’s feature exhibit, a tank of live rays and skates. Docents, all volunteers, knew their stuff and actually made it interesting. They also get to supervise a discovery room where children can hoist sails in a skiff, climb a lighthouse model (& turn the lamp on) or explore a touchtank full of squishy fishies. We looked for crabs in the marsh, watched two fat & happy otters perform like spoilt kids, and gazed at estuariums full of local marine life. We climbed the Drum Point Lighthouse (1883) to the lantern room and were surprised at how much “living” space the lighthouse had. (GS took measurements for a Dangar prototype.) Most fascinating were the (20 million year old) fossils taken from nearby Calvert Cliffs. Coming eye to mouth with 37½ feet of megalodon, a shark ancestor & one of only two in the world, made our white pointers look somewhat docile.
37 feet of teeth |
Unbelievable but true for an early start! It’s still quite dark at 7am. (No wonder we’ve been sleeping so late!)
From: Solomons Island, MD Lat/Long:
38 19N 76 27W Date/Time: 19/10/10: 0715
To: Deltaville, VA
Lat/Long: 37 32N 76 19W
Date/Time: 19/10/10: 1605Time Taken: 60nm (9.5hrs) Distance (this year): 1736nm (303hrs)
Distance Total (since 2008): 5376nm (1002hrs) Fastest Speed: 7.6kts
Weather: Winds E starting 25kts down to 3kts; Seas 1-2ft;
In case you missed the above figures, we’ve done an astonishing 1736nm (303 hrs) again this year!
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