About one-third of the way up Chesapeake Bay is a little fishing village named Tangier Island. It is very unique in that it was settled 400 years ago last week. (what's the word for a celebration of the 400th year?) In any event, we found the little village of 300 people very interesting. That guy sitting next to Marlene owns the Marina we pulled into. He was so hospitable that he took us on a personally guided tour of the town. There is much that has been written about the inhabitants of this island. The three last names of the island which makes up about 75% of the 300 are Parks, Pruitt, and Crocker. And yes, some of them marry their cousins.
Also, I took a picture of the Sandra Gail fishing boat. It is the second boat I have seen named Sandra Gail. The first one was named that by my dad when his first grandchild was born. Her name is Sandra Gail Richardson now, living in beautiful Wenatchee, Washington.
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