Went here this past weekend and enjoyed it thoroughly! We were greeted by big horse flies when we arrived but didn't really bother us and seemed to disappear later in the day. We stayed on the Green Point Loop which is the only loop on the water. Our site 89 didn't have water access but in my opinion was the nicest with a view. Sites 99, 100 and 104 had water access and is where I'll be next time I go.

how about more information/pictures of your boat setup?bumpy

mdprowash wrote:...Our site 89 didn't have water access but in my opinion was the nicest with a view. Sites 99, 100 and 104 had water access and is where I'll be next time I go....Um ... NO! Sorry there! Now that you just told everybody which sites were the best, everyone will be trying to get them. Sorry guy, you just shot yourself in the foot! :S

Bumpyroad wrote:how about more information/pictures of your boat setup?bumpyI agree, more info! Is that a canoe and the coolers on the side work like outriggers, keep it from tipping. We have a canoe and I have outriggers for it. Wonderful invention there! Never tipped the canoe and can actually stand up and fish it's so stable with the outriggers all the way down in the water. Just wondering if that's how your set-up works there?

whew... glad you liked it, we stayed there over 4th of July a couple years back and I hated it. Hot and humid, flies, mosquitoes and every other imaginable flying insect were all over the place. Literally ticks dropped out of the dune grass and were on us, our clothes and our dogs. The dune grass in our loop made it impossible to see the water and blocked the breeze, making it feel hotter and more nasty that it really was.I won't likely ever go back, though I do love St Mary's... beautiful country out there.

spoon059 wrote:whew... glad you liked it, we stayed there over 4th of July a couple years back and I hated it. Hot and humid, flies, mosquitoes and every other imaginable flying insect were all over the place. Literally ticks dropped out of the dune grass and were on us, our clothes and our dogs. The dune grass in our loop made it impossible to see the water and blocked the breeze, making it feel hotter and more nasty that it really was.I won't likely ever go back, though I do love St Mary's... beautiful country out there.Lol.. Sorry you had a miserable time. I don't think I'd ever go in the middle summer either. I think I'd pick and choose my destinations more carefully based on the conditions/seasons.

Point Lookout State Park - St Mary's, MD - Excellent

mdprowash
Explorer
Sep 22, 2016
Bumpyroad wrote:
thanks for the pix
bumpy

No problem.. good luck.
Bumpyroad
Explorer
Sep 22, 2016
thanks for the pix
bumpy
mdprowash
Explorer
Sep 21, 2016
DutchmenSport wrote:
Very creative idea. I bet you didn't spend $300 on that "cooler-outrigger" set up, either, like I did when I got mine. What a creative idea!

Photo of mine here.

I think I have around $160-170 invested. They want $375 + $35 shipping for the aluminum designed one that I got the idea from.........
mdprowash
Explorer
Sep 21, 2016
Bumpyroad wrote:
DutchmenSport wrote:
Very creative idea. I bet you didn't spend $300 on that "cooler-outrigger" set up, either, like I did when I got mine. What a creative idea!

Photo of mine here.

I would plan on using a couple of Yetis on mine and that would push the cost to about $1,000. ;)
I don't suppose there are any pictures of what is under that flat board?
I can copy without feeling any shame.
bumpy

Here ya go... all stainless and galvanized of course. The d-rings are for ratchet straps that go under and secure it to boat. I'd like to find another way to fasten it up top. Speaking of coolers... I searched a lot of stores to find the right coolers for the application and finally found this pair at Lowes. These were just the right size and depth... and the little bump outs for the handles are important... fyi
spoon059
Explorer II
Sep 21, 2016
Bumpyroad wrote:
I don't know if water access is that desirable in those waters. last time I was down to the St. Mary's area when I walked out into the bay I sunk about a foot deep into mud. the only thing that kept me from sinking further was that I was stepping on skates/rays/whatevers.
bumpy

Very good points, those became concerns of mine as well as I saw all the jellyfish in the water too. Just another reason that I didn't care for it. Lots of people do, my father in law loves the place. To each their own, I don't plan on ever going back. Plenty of other state parks in Maryland and Pennsylvania that are closer and nicer. Glad to have the option though!
Bumpyroad
Explorer
Sep 21, 2016
DutchmenSport wrote:
Very creative idea. I bet you didn't spend $300 on that "cooler-outrigger" set up, either, like I did when I got mine. What a creative idea!

Photo of mine here.

I would plan on using a couple of Yetis on mine and that would push the cost to about $1,000. ;)
I don't suppose there are any pictures of what is under that flat board?
I can copy without feeling any shame.
bumpy
DutchmenSport
Explorer
Sep 21, 2016
Very creative idea. I bet you didn't spend $300 on that "cooler-outrigger" set up, either, like I did when I got mine. What a creative idea!

Photo of mine here.
Bumpyroad
Explorer
Sep 21, 2016
I don't know if water access is that desirable in those waters. last time I was down to the St. Mary's area when I walked out into the bay I sunk about a foot deep into mud. the only thing that kept me from sinking further was that I was stepping on skates/rays/whatevers.
bumpy
mdprowash
Explorer
Sep 21, 2016
Bumpyroad wrote:
are the small bungee cords the only thing holding the coolers in/down when tipping the canoe? you don't need to do anything with the handles?
is that 1 1/2 or 2" PVC?
bumpy

Yes, one bungee per side.. looped though itself around the pvc (1.5") and over the top of the cooler. They are pulled very tight and the coolers do not move.
spoon059
Explorer II
Sep 21, 2016
mdprowash wrote:
Lol.. Sorry you had a miserable time. I don't think I'd ever go in the middle summer either. I think I'd pick and choose my destinations more carefully based on the conditions/seasons.

I assumed a waterfront site in mid July was a great time/place to go. The fact that the water is inaccessible from the site and no you get no breeze off the water was a bummer, along with the insect infestation.

We now go to a lake for the 4th, where we can access the water to cool off and swim and we have good breezes off the water to keep cool in the evening. It wasn't so much the timing of the trip that made it bad... it was the collective little things.