We chose Patrick's house out of several we had narrowed down on the western shore of the Chesapeake. We were extremely happy with our choice. We had enough room for our few small families and basically stayed at the house the whole time; fishing, crabbing, kayaking, swimming and just relaxing. The water was warm with no jelly fish. We enjoyed fishing and crabbing not only in the bay but also in the dock area behind the house. We even were able to have a bon-fire on the beach one night. We caught LOTS of fish and even enough keeper crabs to make 12 nice size crab cakes by the end of a few days of crabbing. They were delicious! A few of us took a short trip one day, less than 40 mins away, to the Calvert Cliffs State Park. It then took us about 50 minutes to walk to the beach, but it was a beautiful day for the hike; which we took our time to enjoy. We found a few shark teeth and fossils and enjoyed our time at the park. Everyone in our family remarked how nice it was to all be together whether we were in the front of the house enjoying the bay or in the rear of the house enjoying the dock; because it was in such close proximity to each other; we were never far apart. We cannot thank Patrick enough for giving our family the opportunity to make the memories we did for our family reunion at his fabulous Chesapeake Bay house!!! We've even all said that we would definitely consider coming back again! The Stewarts and Scotts from Pennsylvania