Exploring more of Maryland's Eastern Shore, Linda and I spent three days on the Chester River across from Chestertown. We brought our kayaks and were delighted that the river was so calm and the weather so beautiful. The river was about one kilometre or a little more than half a mile wide where we were staying and quite safe to cross. We only saw a few pleasure boats. One highlight was the large number of ospreys that we saw. Paddling slowly below them didn't disturb them at all.
"Chestertown has served as Kent County's seat of government since 1706. It has been a Royal Port of Entry and the hub of a thriving agricultural and seafood area which shipped its products on the once-ubiquitous steamboats."
Washington College, located here, was the first college chartered in the nation after our Declaration of Independence.
The physical aspect of Chestertown has changed over the centuries, especially the disappearance of the commercial wharves, but there are an astonishing number of original (1700s and 1800s) brick buildings still standing and lovingly renovated .
A ten mile drive took us to Rock Hall on the Chesapeake Bay also founded in 1706.
