September was a busy month-- it's when we start the Fall semester and usually is signals a kind of new year as well! Sometimes students decide to register at the very last minute, so it's a crazy busy time. I did take a few days to attend the Women in Nuclear (WIN) Region 1 workshop hosted by Calvert Cliffs. The meeting itself was held on Solomons Island, a historic fishing town on the Maryland side of the lower Chesapeake Bay.
View of the Patuxent River...
Solomons Island has become a haven for boaters...
There's a sleepiness about this area-- people who come here walk and bicycle along the river... there's no hustle and bustle...
We stayed at the Holiday Inn and this is a view of the outdoor area in the back where we enjoyed a fun mixer one evening...
I couldn't help but think how much my father would have loved this.
Isn't it interesting how these boats all align in the same direction with the wind?
Yep- I really was there!
Solomons Island is simple-- there aren't any of the touristy-type things you see in most commercial tourist places near water.
Ahhh, and of course, any Catholic Curch near the water has to have the name Star of the Sea, right?
This was near the end of september, and I was surprised to see so many boats still in the water...
Also toured a cute little marine museum...
It now is home to one of the remaining screw-pile lighthouses, Drum Point lighthouse which was one of 45 lighthouses guarding the Chesapeake bay in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
How do I look as a pirate?
Love these street signs!!!
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