Saturday, April 26 - Scenes of the Potomac.



Mount Vernon

Not the cleanest river in our travels.
Fort Washington
Woodrow Wilson Bridge - which is a bascule bridge and has been under construction. At times the bridge has been closed for boat travel. Some of the openings were very late in the evening and early morning hours (4am). Glad we didn't have to do that.
The Capitol in the background.

Fort Mc Nair

And this is from our anchorage. Not bad. The Washington Monument is in the background. The Tidal Basin is just to the left of this picture. Although we cannot see the basin and we cannot get through the low bridges, it is there. On the way in we could see the top of the Jefferson Memorial also.

Friday, April 25 As we were leaving Sandy Point on the west side of the Chesapeake we had an opportunity to get pictures of the fisherman working their pound nets. We had never seen this being done before. According to the information we read it is a very fish friendly form of fishing in that the smaller fish are sent free without any of them having been hooked. It is also turtle friendly as the turtles are able to get to the surface to breath and then are released.

















This is for Jo. Yet another lighthouse picture. This one is Smith Point which guards the mouth of the Potomac