We begin the day by visiting the oldest crab
processing plant on the Chesapeake Bay, the J. M. Clayton Seafood Company.
The tour of this historic facility will allow you to see first hand how “Blue
Crab” is prepared for market from the steaming rooms, to passing through the
amazingly skilled hands of the crab pickers and packers. Next we arrive for a
salad, rolls and non-alcoholic beverage at Kay’s Country
Kitchen with a panoramic view of the Dorchester County Airport. A tour
of historic High Street lined with stately mansions from the 18th
and 19th centuries follows, before we travel to the colonial village
of Oxford. Along the way, our step-on guide will entertain and
educate us with some memorable tales from Oxford’s 300-year history, and we
learn how Oxford came to be the “First Port of Entry” on Maryland’s Eastern
Shore in colonial days. A delicious lunch is included at the Masthead
at Pier Street Restaurant which looks out on the Tred Avon River. Please
provide a meal choice when making your reservations. Your choices are
Crab Cake or Chicken Breast Sandwich. After lunch, we are off to the
inland town of Denton. We’ll pass miles and miles of farmland, and our
guide will offer stories of the early settlers. We will tour the Maryland
Steamboat Company Wharf to see where the old steamboats dropped off and
picked up cargo and passengers. Hear the stories of the Steamboating days and
see original artifacts inside the museum. Next we head over to Bullock’s
Deli for an icecream sundae . . . made the old fashioned way
. . . Eastern Shore Style before we depart for home.
