We parked the car and walked along St John Street which is the main shopping area. It was about freezing with some breeze, so quite chilly.
HDG is larger than North East or Elkton and is quite trendy with quite a few restaurants. At one time, HDG was in the running to become the capital of the US in 1789 and missed out by one vote. It is positioned right where the Susquehanna River enters the Chesapeake Bay so it was an important port in Revolutionary times. Personally I think HDG would have been better than Washington.
There are quite a few distinguished buildings.
The proximity to water has resulted in much of the waterfront now being lined with apartment complexes.
Many buildings are painted in bright colours.
I told Clare and Ric that I would shout them the meal if they ate it out here in the cold. They missed their chance.
Most of the shop windows were decorated for Xmas.
As I took this photo, the woman who owned the house drove into her driveway and was pleased that I took the photo. I told her that many people around the world would see her house. She was responsible for the bright colours.
There are also several marinas. Years ago, the CIO of the community college in Harford County lived on a sail boat with his dog in one of these marinas. A couple of divorces was the reason.
The old cannery building, one of the many antique shops.
Over the past 30 years I have eaten a few times at the Tidewater Grill and can recommend it. It has the best views over the Bay and there is plenty of parking.
The Amtrak rail bridge over the Susquehanna River.
The view across the bay to the peninsula where we live.
We got back into the car and drove around for a short while. If you like chocolates, Bomboys is famous in the area. Towards the end of her life, my mother became diabetic and could not eat chocolates because of the sugar. Each year when I visited, I would bring her a large box of sugar-free chockies. She would share them with her friends who were also diabetic. She mentioned that one gentleman burst into tears when he ate one because he thought he would never eat chocolate again.
Usually when I visited my mother, I would fly to Melbourne before renting a car to drive to Adelaide. I found that declaring the chocolates got me through customs much faster than going through the 'nothing to declare' aisle.
HDG has a light-house that is similar to the one near us at Turkey Point.
The light house keepers cottage. If we didn't live in Chesapeake Isle, I wouldn't mind living in HDG. It's a nice place and worth visiting.
The toll booths at the northern end of the Hatem Bridge on route 40 which crosses the Susquehanna into Cecil County at Perryville. The toll is normally $8 going north / east and free going south / west. We sign up for a special plan which reduces the toll to zero, but only on this bridge. If we went on the I-95 bridge, we would have to pay the full $8. If you are one of our house exchange families, try to use this bridge.
This is the last blog for 2014. I hope you enjoyed the others for this year. I certainly did.
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