Dot's Way Cruising Cat: Deltaville to Put In Creek off East River at Mathews, Virginia

The winds calmed down last evening and it was mirrorlike as we headed into the dinghy dock to dump garbage, fill up water jugs to top off the tank, and drop books off at the book exchange. This morning it was cool with low humidity as we headed out of Jackson Creek to the bay and turned south towards Wolf Trap Light, then turned into Mobjack Bay at New Point Comfort Light, and then up the East River to Put In Creek. We are anchored off Town Landing dock and it is a two-mile walk to Mathews. We can also dinghy up to Mathews at high tide in the morning to go to the diner for breakfast. We had a gentle rain all afternoon so it was nice sitting under the bimini on the flybridge.

Wolf Trap Lighthouse

New Point Comfort Lighthouse

On Tuesday morning we headed to Town Point dock to tie up the dinghy and then headed towards the highway into Mathews. There was a narrow shoulder but grassy sides to move over when traffic came and then a nice sidewalk that went all the way through historic downtown to Linda's Diner. This was the local spot and a great simple breakfast. We did our shopping at Ace, Dollar General, and the Food Lion before checking out the canoe launch dock at Put In Creek. There was a pretty park pavilion and nice public restrooms and cell phone service so we had a nice water break and we ended up hiking 6.8 miles. We bought a huge local cantaloupe from a farmer's truck and cut it up and had it for lunch. We did end up getting a short ride back once we got on the highway. It was a cool 63 degrees this morning and only a high of 80 degrees.

View from dinghy dock back to anchorage

Horse farm on the way to highway

The Mathews Maritime Museum

Town Center square

Richardson's Diner

Veterans Memorial Park

Southwind Cafe

White Dog Bistro

Put In Creek launch

Put In Creek Park

The main street is Back in Time

On Wednesday morning we dinghied up Put In Creek two hours before high tide and tied up at the kayak launch. We repeated our walk through town to Linda's Diner for their pancake breakfast. We remembered to restock our cash in our wallets. We made a quick stop at Food Lion and were back to the dock at high tide and did not bump on the way out like we did on the way in.