Day 258: Monday, May 20, 2013

Port to Port: Baltimore, Maryland to Still Pond Creek

Underway: 8:00 am      Motor Off: 2:30 pm      Miles Traveled: 32/17      Stayed At: Anchor

Mile 38 to Mile 21: It was hard to leave but Cindy is all bent about getting through the Delaware – our next big body of water which requires a good weather window – so we can be in New York City before the second weekend in June when Jess, Sarah and Jake are coming to visit. We have more that two weeks to cover about a weeks worth of travel. Knock on wood, but we should be okay. We’ll just be able to take our time and wait for good weather (and maybe have time for some naps).

We left at 8:00 am but we had already gone out for one more breakfast, gotten ice and texted a birthday message to Jess (she is 24 in case anyone is wondering) just in case the phone didn’t work later (which it doesn’t). The morning was overcast but comfortable and the winds were light so it was a good day to work our way up toward the north end of the Chesapeake. The channel was surprisingly quiet with almost no boats moving anywhere. The only one that was interesting was a large ocean going liquid hauling ship backing out of a pier by the bridge just as we passed by. He took forever to slowly back out (with the help of a couple of tugs) but he soon passed us and headed south on the Chesapeake.

We had a nice steady south breeze so we were able to motorsail almost the entire 32 miles we traveled today. The rollers built from behind a little in the late morning but they were mostly pushing us along and we soon turned into our chosen anchorage and found 8’ of water in a completely protected mostly wooded cove to spend the rest of the afternoon and evening. I cleaned the boat a little – the bumpers had black marks all over from our stay in Baltimore and Cindy plotted our course for tomorrow. Our batteries are fully charged. It will be interesting to see how well the solar panel works in keeping the batteries charged even on our shorter travel days. We like to be as self–sufficient as possible.

As I write this blog, the clouds have cleared out completely and the forecast thunderstorms look less likely than before. A cool breeze in flowing through the boat and we are done with our projects for the day – time for nap.

Total Mile To Date: 3,415