Maryland’s Elk Neck State Point and Turkey Point Lighthouse

Shortly before I left Pennsylvania, I took a day trip to Elk Neck State Park in Maryland to meet some fellow campers. It’s on a long peninsula, across Chesapeake Bay from Havre De Grace, home of the world’s largest duck decoy museum. The campground at Elk Neck State Park is heavily wooded, the sites a tad rustic.

The beach a short drive from the Elk Neck State Park campground.

At the end of the peninsula is the historic Turkey Point Light, built in 1833. Although only a 35-foot tower, the 100-foot height of the bluffs on which the lighthouse stands makes it the third highest lighthouse off the water in the bay.

Turkey Point Lighthouse on Chesapeake Bay near Elk Neck State Park.

I was too chicken to go inside. It was a really hot day, and it was even hotter inside the tower. I saw the narrow, rickety stairs, and decided against going up.

The Peachoid, A Giant Peach

A giant peach, known as the Peachoid, sits on the west side of highway 85 at FATZ Cafe in Gaffney, South Carolina. The picture is lousy because I took it from inside the RV as I was heading south.

The Peachoid, a giant peach at FATZ Cafe in Gaffney, South Carolina.