Random Bits of Eastern Shore 2025

Some bits from our Thanksgiving 2025 trip that didn't make their own post...

Local J M Clayton Company is the longest running crab packing company in the world. They have a mural on the back of their building that is sort of thematic--a bird eating a crab. My son found a crab shell on the ground and checked it out for a bit.

Clayton Company mural

What's this?

A caboose next to the Powell Real Estate office in town (which is a former train station) has a fun mural of Canada geese breaking out of the car.

Goose on the caboose!

"Shine Your Light" is a mural complete in August 2025 by Miriam Moran representing various Latin peoples and accomplishments.

"Shine Your Light"

"Dorchester Women's Mural" by Bridget Cimino shows local famous women from Dorchester history, including Harriet Tubman, Annie Oakley, and Bea Arthur.

"Dorchester Women's Mural"

The most famous mural is "Take My Hand," the trump l'oeil depiction of the famous conductor of the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman. The associated museum was closed on our visit.

"Take My Hand"

I thought this was an interesting house. The decorations are seasonal, though the most interesting feature is the fence around the driveway that doesn't go around the house. 

Are the cars more important?

This residence has a lovely color scheme.

Great for the summer

Cambridge has a lighthouse brought in closer as a tourist attraction. The Choptank River Lighthouse is a screwpile lighthouse that was position about 4 miles away at the Tred Avon River, warning boats about shoals and other troublesome hazards. Since we were there off season, tours were not available.

The sign

The lighthouse with Christmas decor

View from the lighthouse

Map of the original location

The local movie theater has a cool mural right next to it.

They're off to see something, maybe Wicked: For Good?

Across the Choptank from Cambridge is Bill Burton Fishing Pier State Park with some nice trails and geocaches. Well, not all of the trails are nice...

This trail by the Choptank is great

Uh, the tree fell down...will that happen to me?

Very permanent "Trail Closed" sign (should be moved to the tree fall area)

We did an escape room called "Area 51 Resurrection" at Escape Time Maryland. The theme was fun, working our way into a lab to try and revive "Bob" who was in pretty bad shape...at least it looked like bad shape for a little grey man. We finished with about 15 minutes left, so a good job by us.

Waiting around for our turn

Happy escapees (at least, happier than "Bob")