POGIES, MENHAIDEN, BUNKER, OH MY!

DAY 315:  MON. MAY 28, 2012

DEP TANGIER I. 08:20  ARR. REEDVILLE, MD 10:35

D. 18.9sm / 5125.6

WX:  O/CAST, COOL, W-SOUTH 10K, WAVES 1’-2’

We left Tangier I., VA, the crab capital of the bay for Reedville, MD, the Menhaden capital of the bay. Reedville hosts a large fleet of menhaden fishing boats and a processing plant that turns the fish into fish meal for animal feed including cat and dog food, and fish oil which has many medical and industrial uses. I was surprised to learn that it is a key ingredient in Rustoleum paints. The town itself isn’t much, but like most other towns on the Bay it has an historical area with many old and beautiful homes. The Reedville Museum was excellent and detailed the history of the town with a great deal of detail about its fishing roots.

After we docked we decided to go out for lunch. Little did we know, but everything was closed for Memorial Day except the museum and an ice cream store. We stopped in the ice cream store and asked for directions to the nearest place for lunch. The young girl behind the counter told gave us directions to The Country Inn and told us it was about a 20 min. walk. An hour later we still hadn’t come to it and Pat flagged down a passing vehicle for directions. This becomes one of those times when we really see the good side of people. The lady that stopped was Kate O’Keefe, the wife of the local real estate agent. She not only took us to the restaurant, she picked us up after lunch and dropped us off at the museum. We’ve always said, the best thing about this trip is the people we meet.

REEDVILLE, VA

REEDVILLE HARBOR

THE REEDVILLE MUSEUM

THE MENHAIDEN FLEET

THE MEMORIAL SMOKE STACK
ON THE SITE OF THE FISH PROCESSING PLANT 

SOME OF THE USES FOR FISH OIL

OLD TRAWLER MODEL

AN ENORMOUS MODEL RR AT THE MUSEUM

PAT & JOE IN THE MUSEUM GARDEN

AN HISTORIC HOME

ANOTHER HISTORIC HOME