🏁 Part 4 of 5 — Foxy Roxy and the Great Fox Islands: A New Urban Legend Is Born 🇺🇸

Atlantic stingray

(Dasyatis sabina)

Part 4 of 5 — Legendary Culinary Moments: Stingray, Blue Crabs, Iced Tea, Island Beauty

Flavors of the Chesapeake and the mystical allure of Great Fox Island

Among the program’s highlights was tasting stingray for the first time. Mild, sweet, with a texture that blended Maryland blue crab, fish, and squid—this simple preparation, enhanced only by natural sea salt and a hint of cocktail sauce, became an unforgettable culinary moment.

Scott L. experienced the thrill of riding a power-boat, as if flying like a manta ray or a dolphin over the waters, the shallow, pristine channels of Great Fox Island stretching beneath him. Horseshoe crabs, some alive, some remnants of the tidal flats, lay still across sand, while blue crabs added lively motion to the serene landscape.

The Great Fox Island, a shallow landmass in the southern Chesapeake Bay near Solomon’s Islands, remained unspoiled, a living canvas for sensory immersion, legend, and the interplay of imagination with reality.