We Live Near the Water

Sailboat heading out of Back Creek

There are benefits to living in a town that is a vacation destination - you get to sleep in your own bed (save the cost of a bed-and-breakfast or a hotel) and enjoy the rest of the amenities. There are 11,600 miles of shoreline in the inlets and estuaries throughout the Chesapeake Bay. There is so much shoreline that it is hard to get your bearings if you just look down when flying into Baltimore Washington International Airport without catching more macro-scale landmarks like the Bay Bridge off in the distance. And every inlet is lined with

Boats, willow and hydrangea

docks and marinas, and crowded with countless boats that are either tied up or are sailing on the water. So to be able to wake up at home, drive a short distance to sit at a restaurant and have this kind of view any day of the year is a real treat. We have been sailing twice since we moved here, and hope to do more.⁽¹⁾ But regardless, there is nothing like a water view on a quiet morning with a little breeze to keep you cool while enjoying a cup of hot coffee waiting for breakfast to be served.
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(1) It is unlikely that we would ever buy a boat, even if we were to live here a long time. A wise former boss of mine warned me of the two best days in the life of a boat owner, "The day he bought it, and the day he sold it."

There is nothing like 

a water view,

on a quiet morning 

with a little breeze,

to keep you cool.

Enjoying a hot cup of coffee

waiting to be served,
breakfast for two,

while having a water view.