thirty six years ago -

these two said "I do" - Congratulations!!  

and here's to many, many more!  xo

Whooooo's There?!

After breakfast on Sunday and saying our good-byes to Abby our new friend, we decided to go a little bit further and surprise Nanny with a be-lated Birthday visit.  I mean seriously.....you can't be within an hour of seeing her and not stop, right?!

Ha!  Well, the surprise was on us.  We showed up and saw her car wasn't there.  LOL.  So we unpacked her presents, stuffing them in her mailbox, hung the empty bag on the door and snapped this photo to make her smile with my selfie stick -

Making every effort to keep the water theme, we searched on YELP for waterfront restaurants either in Cambridge or Easton.  We found two different ones in Cambridge but once yet another lovely, small, water town we realized the waterfront dining wasn't exactly what we were looking for.

We stopped by the Visitor's Center - which we see EVERY time we cross this bridge -

 Of course we grabbed tons of additional brochures and read all about this place.  LOVE doing that...

The marina was so pretty.  Ronnie has made numerous trips here when his Granddad docked his sailboat here but I had never been.  I just love everything about water life -

And this lighthouse was added in 2011.  So pretty -

Oh and look - I found my waterfront lunch spot - too bad I didn't actually get invited =)

We drove through 'downtown' but didn't stop at any of the shops.  Our final stop of the weekend was Red Eye's Dock Bar -

Ronnie finally got his fried oyster sandwich =)

It seems this is our 'go to' lunch stop when on our way home.  We listened to the boat races and watched boats sail in and out.  We were saddened to hear of the fatality of the little boy on the spectator boat when a racer lost control.  Several were hurt.  Prayers to them.  And THEN - a boat capsized with one man missing.  Just yesterday I heard they found his body.  Very sad.  And to think, we were just right there.

So....our weekend was absolutely perfect!  I would live in Oxford in a MINUTE.  I look forward to visiting Abby again and keeping in touch via Facebook and her book club in the mean time.

Thanks to my hubby for planning such a wonderful weekend away in celebration of our 23rd anniversary.  I think he is in charge from now on.  The past few he has planned are over the top!

Saturday plans -

Our plan for Saturday was to go to the Annual Cardboard Boat race –

But we ‘heard at the market’ 

that it was canceled due to the rain.  So….we toured the town, 

shopping in the bookstore and gift shop, getting to know some 0f the locals.  So ‘Mayberry’ like which we love.

 In order to get to the Tilghman Island seafood festival, we needed to take the ferry –

Oh my......the garmin is kinda scary!  We are going right through the water =)

We made our way across to St. Michaels then onto Tilghman and sure enough found the seafood fest right on the main drag.  

Along with the market –

 After enjoying some crab cakes and shrimp we headed back to the ferry and then on to Oxford.  It was just a little rainy –

Once back, we stopped for some ice cream.  And not just any ice cream.  This is Scottish ice cream and has made the best ice cream in Maryland for the last 7 years.  Wow. 

I got orange chocolate chip and strawberry. 

Ronnie got strawberry and the ultimate chocolate.  It was very, very good.  I clearly see why it is loved by all.

Schooners is a nice little water front restaurant that we decided would be perfect for dinner……until we got there at 7:45 to learn they had decided to close early.  Like in 15 minutes.  Ummmm not feeling like I want to rush.  It’s Oxford, right?!  So we decided to go to the place we had originally planned –

 And we were not disappointed!  Service was great and food was awesome! 

 The evening turned out so nice – our perfect little table at the end of the patio right next to the water was a perfect finish to the day. 

And we were able to enjoy some candlelight as well -

Then back to the B&B…..breakfast at 9 =)

Breakfast......

One of the best things about Bed and Breakfasts' is their breakfast.  Surprise, right?!  And before you even ask, I broke every rule of the 21 day fix this weekend.  Oh well, let's just say I took an anniversary break =)

Our 'breakfast' time was 9:00 so we headed down and found this quaint little table, just for us.

With a place setting that was just perfect -

Muffins

Yogurt with Fruit

Sausage, Potato Quiche -

To use Abbey's words.....phnonemal !

And morning two - Fresh Fruit -

And Blueberry Baked French Toast.  Y.U.M.

Abby is a great chef, baker, cook - her cookies are out of this world, too.