Byways Road Trips PIT STOPS FUEL UP The Red Darker Than Roost Blue Crabhouse & Cross Street Market Restaurant Quantico Alma Cocina Latina Limoncello Italian Mount Vernon Restaurant and Marketplace Wine Bar St. Michaels Bas Rouge Easton SCENIC BYWAY Chesapeake Bay Bridge Frederick Douglass Statue at the Talbot County Courthouse Easton Visit the 21-foot-tall bronze statue that immortalizes renowned African-American activist, orator and writer Frederick Douglass. The inspiring sculpture sits on the lawn of the Talbot County Courthouse — in which Douglass delivered his famous “Self-Made Men” speech. Pemberton Historical Park Salisbury Tour the 18th-century plantation home and stroll 4.5 miles of nature trails and boardwalks that wind through tranquil woodlands and tidal wetlands thick with lush greenery and wildflowers. STAY ALONG THE WAY Inn at the Canal Chesapeake City Tilghman Island Inn Whitehaven Hotel Quantico Smith Island and Tilghman Island Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum St. Michaels Explore the 1879 Hooper Strait Lighthouse, wander through a working shipyard, meet traditional craftsmen, take a guided cruise, enjoy hands-on activities and discover exhibitions about the Bay’s role throughout history. Experience a different kind of Island Time at Smith and Tilghman islands — watermen’s villages teeming with Chesapeake Bay heritage and personality. Dine on the freshest of seafood; take in the streaky reds, oranges and purples of bay sunsets; kayak area water trails and make sure you sample the famous many-layered Smith Island Cake — our state dessert. (Note: Smith Island is only accessible by boat.) More on p. 65 iStock/Ultima_Gaina VISITMARYLAND.ORG 49
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