Baltimore to Ocean City - "Over the Top" (thru DE) - Photo Ideas?

In Havre de Grace, there is a nice lighthouse to shoot. And also off the Havre de Grace exit, you can shoot Rock Run Mill in Susquehanna State Park.

Stefan

Jon wrote in post #2557679
Could try coming back the southern route and hit Chestertown (bit of a detour N.), Centerville, or St. Michaels. Blackwater NWR's near the Bay Bridge too, IIRC.

I know this is a personal thing, but I almost always go the Delaware route because of those trips BITD - those stretches of US 50 that are long, straight, and lined with tall trees in the median as well as the outside of the lanes are hypnotic to me, and trying to drive them at midnight after a full day of work was adventurous and potentially deadly. The "over the top" route was, and to some extent still is, more visually interesting with more opportunities to stop and referesh. Unless I need to go to Easton or Salisbury, I don't think I'll ever go the Bay Bridge route driving by myself, and this trip home will be after a weekend full of beer and late nights.

The points about Chestertown, St. Michaels, etc are very good, but I'll need to save them for another trip.

Have Fun,

P.S., here's just a small sample of what you a shot could look like in HDG.

I talked to one of the guys, who lives in Salisbury, and we are going to meet in South Bethany, DE at 5:30, so that is my target - I can start whenever, but I need to be in South Bethany by 5:30. We will be the first to the house - the rest of the guys will come down after work. It looks like HDG will have to wait.

Chris, that bait you hung out there is very tempting. I can get to HDG in less than an hour from home, so I will save that for a trip by itself.

Have Fun,

CoolToolGuy wrote in post #2558558
Chris, that bait you hung out there is very tempting. I can get to HDG in less than an hour from home, so I will save that for a trip by itself.

Have Fun,

Come up during the spring/summer. They have a live band play, plenty of great places to eat and drink, its definitly worth a night out

Slightly off topic - but, if you take rt.40 across Susquehanna (Hatem bridge) that same $5 toll will buy you a sticker you can put in your window for unlimited free trips & good for a year. Unless they've changed recently, but it's certainly worth asking about.

Jim

jsimon724 wrote in post #2568486
Slightly off topic - but, if you take rt.40 across Susquehanna (Hatem bridge) that same $5 toll will buy you a sticker you can put in your window for unlimited free trips & good for a year. Unless they've changed recently, but it's certainly worth asking about.

Jim

That is still definitly true.

So, how was your trip!?

Chris R/T wrote in post #2586285
So, how was your trip!?

Excellent, thanks.

I did go all of the "old ways" that I could, and I stopped a couple times to take some shots. Unfortunately I could not get some of the things I wanted, as time moves on - the grain plant that I wanted to shoot is now a sediment pond, and there were other situations like that.

I stopped briefly in HDG, took some shots of a gazebo in a park near a marina - tried to find the lighthouse, but I must have missed a sign or something.

All in all, the weekend was a success, and I spent time with some guys I haven't seen for several years, drank too much beer, and got way too little sleep.

Have Fun,

Cant wait to see pictures Rick!

Do any of you Eastern Shore guys know if Assateague state park is worth the trip this time of year?

CoolToolGuy wrote in post #2587095
Excellent, thanks.

I did go all of the "old ways" that I could, and I stopped a couple times to take some shots. Unfortunately I could not get some of the things I wanted, as time moves on - the grain plant that I wanted to shoot is now a sediment pond, and there were other situations like that.

I stopped briefly in HDG, took some shots of a gazebo in a park near a marina - tried to find the lighthouse, but I must have missed a sign or something.

All in all, the weekend was a success, and I spent time with some guys I haven't seen for several years, drank too much beer, and got way too little sleep.

Have Fun,

You should have walked the boardwalk, you would have found the lighthouse

That is, if you shot the gazebo I'm thinking of.