Extraordinary Stories From An Ordinary Guy: The "A Fun Trip To Chesapeake City With Friends!" Story

It was an ordinary day. Looking at a book I purchased a few years ago titled "Chesapeake City - The Canal Town Through the Years." The book gives the story of one of my favorite locations to take a day trip.....Chesapeake City, Maryland. From my home in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, it is slightly over an hour long trip through Lancaster County farmland which is heavily populated by Amish families. Not unusual to see a few buggies on the road no matter what day, or time of day you travel south from Lancaster, Pennsylvania to Chesapeake City, Maryland. This past Saturday, my wife Carol and I traveled with our friends Pat and Dale to Chesapeake City for lunch at The Chesapeake Inn which sits along the C&D Canal. During week days it's not unusual to see hugh tanker boats traveling in the canal, but being a week-end, the boats we saw today were all smaller motor boats. We had a lunch-time meal at the waterfront restaurant known as The Chesapeake Inn which has waterfront seating on their second-floor, water-view restaurant as well as deck seating beneath it. Being that it was still warm, we chose the indoor seating. Fantastic meal of lobster grilled cheese sandwiches with a drink as we watched the boat traffic along the canal. Must have been close to 50 boats or more traveling the canal. Spent the remainder of the day walking the streets of Chesapeake City which has a main street known as Bohemia Avenue with about three blocks of some of the neatest stores to check out. We haven't made a visit to Chesapeake City since COVID struck a few years ago and found our favorite small town still the same as it always has been; beautiful and welcoming. One new feature was a hand-out brochure and map that was put out by their Chamber of Commerce. It shows the streets in their small town as well as showing you the location of all the shops and restaurants along the streets. Shops with names such as "the Old Gray Mare, Chick's, The Mercantile At Back Creek, My Jewelry Place, Belle on Bohemia, Art Studio & Gallery, South Side Styles and Gallorette Boutique all drew us into their fun shops for a few looks...and a few buys! Oh yeah...don't miss my story about the "World's Smallest Wedding Chapel" which I visited and photographed. Seems we can never visit this town without bringing something home to Lancaster with us, be it just a candy bar or a piece of jewelry or even a painting. Walked the streets of the town and headed down to the waterfront for a cup of ice cream, but found the only disappointment of our visit...the ice cream shop was closed!! Oh well! Found the car and headed back to Lancaster...but did find an ice cream stop along the way. Perfect weather for a perfect day with friends. And, never are disappointed with our trips to Chesapeake City. Give them a try sometime if you are within driving distance. Just watching the water traffic is fun! And...they are open year-round. It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy. Photographs follow from our trip...