Chapel Point ChurchOctober 18th, 2011 – There’s nothing like spending a delightfully quiet night on the hook to energize and refresh ones batteries. Port Tobacco river is a great anchorage despite being fairly wide open. The night was quiet,…
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Time to start south again
Heading Down the PotomacOctober 17th- We spent a rocky night aboard the Summer Wind. There were waves slapping at the bow of the boat which echoed throughout the hull. The winds had settled in the wee hours of the morning so we were able to get s…
A Short trip to Old Town Alexandria
Old Town AlexandriaOctober 16th- Ah, the day began bright and early. Today our plan was to take a short trip over to Alexandria. But before heading out we had a few minor to-do lists. We had spent the morning cleaning and defrosting the fridge. I…
A visit to Washington DC
October 11th -15th Our trip up the rest of the Potomac was a relatively short but very pretty trip. The color of the leaves on the trees are only beginning to change. We did however catch what we thought was a testing of a dinghy deployment…
Clements Bay and Mattawoman Creek
Ted & Nancy with Dick after OH Sh***Sunday October 9th – Our plans for the day began with untying the lines from the dock and heading over to the pump out, where we were greeted by Ted and Nancy.I’m sure you can guess what happened without me telli…
Heading to Solomons
Thomas Point Shoal LighthouseOctober 5th- Dropped the bridal on the mooring ball first thing in the morning. Our plans were to drop the hook midway to Solomons Islands. The weather forecast for the day said westerly winds would be increasing…
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Mystic Whaler sailing around the Scott Key buoyOctober 3rd/4th – Dick needed to have a protime (blood test) done and we assumed there had to be a Quest Diagnostics close to the marina. The location we found online said it was 3 miles away, an…
Fells Point Festival in Baltimore
October 1st/2nd – Pulled up the anchor to schedule our arrival around 11 am. Baltimore was less than an hour away which would give us plenty of time to check out Fells Point Festival. As we were motoring under the Scott Key bridge we heard a message an…
Chesapeake City
Fort DelawareSeptember 28/29 th- We untied the lines at the dock and began our journey south on the Delaware River. The skies were overcast and afternoon thunderstorms were once again predicted. Our plans for the day were to make it to Chesapeake City&…
Heading up to Philadelphia
Bird Life makes spotting debris easierSeptember 26th/27th – In order to catch some of the tide heading north we had to time our departure for 6:30 am. This became interesting because the current at the dock ran over 3 knots. One of the local transients…
