A Trip to Smith Island

The trip we took to Smith Island began in the village of Crisfield, Md. We signed on with the Island Belle II, a mail boat that brings not only mail to the island, but tables, chairs, dryers, and a whole load of other things that people living on the island need for their existance. Notice our bikes carefully stowed on the back of the boat and covered with canvas and lashed to the railing. On the trip over to the island, I sat next to the dryer and Marlene sat behind someones coffee table. We met an island native on the trip to Smith Island. He had come into town for provisions at the local Wal Mart. During our conversation I asked him for a good recommendation for crab cakes. He said ... " ... there are some fancy places where they charge you for the view but the food is'nt that good. Go to Rukes and you'll have the best crab cakes on the Bay". He was right and not only that, it was reasonable.

Here's a picture of Rukes. Does'nt look like much, huh? Great food!

There are three small communities on Smith Island. One is the community where the boats dock. The second is on the same main island and was easy to reach with our bikes. The third community is on a separate island and is reachable only by another boat. Another thing we did is to go to the Smith Island Cake Co where they make 10 layer cakes that are quite famous and quite good. We took our cake and coffee and sat down by the inlet to the island watching the goings on and enjoying our delicious cake.