Chesapeake Summer Food & Culture Adventure

Explore the Bay in the footsteps of the Chesapeake Semester in a 9-day immersive experience in regional ecology, food, and culture. 

* * July 2025 * *
11 participants

Start your journey in Chestertown by going behind the scenes with the Center for Environment & Society, touring the River and Field Campus, and enjoying a crab feast overlooking the Chester River. You’ll forage for wild foods before paddling at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge and spend nights on the town enjoying Cambridge, Smith Island, and St. Michaels. Along the way you’ll cook fresh rockfish, go crabbing with a waterman, visit cultural museums, and hunt for fossilized shark teeth. Conclude your trip while riding the Chester River on the Callinectes in close pursuit of a log canoe race. 

Option 1 - Chesapeake Adventurer: $1896
Option 2 - Premier Experience: $3161 (includes specialty lodging)

---

Registration opens December 2024
 

---

Day 1

• Arrival and check-in
• Introductions
• Campus Garden tour
• Teambuilding

Day 2

• RAFC Field Sparrow Research
• MuSE Exhibit
  
• SG Hall Sustainability Tour
• Crab Feast
  
  

Day 3

• Blackwater NWR Paddle
• Wellness Picnic
• Harriet Tubman Museum
  
  

Day 4

• Crisfield Ferry
• Smith Island Exploration
• Group-Cooked Dinner 

Day 5

• Sunrise Crabbing & Yoga

• Smith Island Cultural Center

• Crisfield Ferry

• St. Michael’s Exploration 
  

Day 6

• Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum

• Solomons Island Exploration 

Day 7

• Calvert Marine Museum

• Calvert Cliffs Hike & Fossil Hunting

• Solomons Island Exploration 

Day 8

• Return to campus

• Radcliffe Creek Paddle

 

Day 9

•  Wild Smoothie Workshop

• Calli Cruise & Log Canoe Races

  ---