Little Boater

Boating in Crisfield

“When I grow up I want to be a little boy.” ~ Joseph Heller    

Several months ago I ran across this little boy practicing his boating skills at Jenkins Creek. This past weekend I found him at it again, but with a different boat. Isn't he just precious?

Time for a kitty break.

 

Great weather for boating in Crisfield

Boating in Crisfield

It was a beautiful day for boating in Crisfield...

Small Boat Harbor is a great place to learn the proper way to launch a boat...

Practice makes perfect...

 Boating teaches good problem solving skills...

That's better.

 "Did you get that, lady?"

"Oh, well. Back to work."

Grandpa's know all about boats.

Ready to sail into the sunset.

Life on the Bay

CRISFIELD, MARYLAND

"A boy's story is the best that is ever told." ~ Charles Dickens

When I was a kid I wanted to live on an island or near the water so I could spend my endless summers romping on the beach, sailing in my sized-just-for me-sailboat, and having family clam-bakes. My family was not rich so we had no get-away vacation home in Nantucket. The best we could do was head to Florida for our  summer vacations. Sometimes we went out West or to the mountains, but I have always had a love for water and the wide-open West was never a substitute for salt air. That is why, for the past 30 years I have made my home on or near some body of water. I still don't have my Nantucket vacation home - perhaps one day.


Anyway, I captured the above photo of these kids who probably don't know yet how lucky they are living in a place like this. I have seen them before being transported to a nearby island by this working boat owned by one of their parents. On this day, the working boat was pulling a smaller boat to an island - one of my favorite islands, by the way. I can just see some of these kids one day working in a big city, sitting behind a desk and staring out the window, looking back with fond memories of their youth on the Chesapeake Bay.

Umbrella Boat

Umbrella Boating in Crisfield

“Some photographers take reality...and impose the domination of their own thought and spirit. Others come before reality more tenderly and a photograph to them is an instrument of love and revelation.” ~ Ansel Adams

How sweet is this? You see things like this everyday in Crisfield. What do you see when you look around your environment? 

Yes, this was a post that I moved backwards in time. Well, I moved it forward, then I moved it backwards.

Boating in Crisfield

Motor boat, motor boat,
Putt, putt, putt.
Sailing boat, sailing boat,
Swish, swish, swish.
Big boat, big boat,
Splash, splash, splash.


If you thought the canoe in the previous post was too small, how 'bout this one? We have all sizes, folks. From kayaks to cruise ships, there is always something moving on the water. Come on over and sit a spell on the city dock. You'll be glad you did. Bring that fishing pole, too.