YEAH....FINALLY WE GET TO STOP AND TAKE A BREATH!!!!
Actually we are very happy to have arrived in Annapolis. We woke at 8:30 to lots of rain in our little anchorage and contemplated staying there for the day. Peter fixed a hot breakfast of eggs, toast, and sausage, and Jane felt slightly worse than yesterday, probably because of the stress from the long trip. We decided to leave anyway by 9:30 because the rain started to end and the prediction was for an end to fog and rain by 11AM. We motored to the end of the C&D canal and were just crossing the Bohemia River when we were engulfed with rain and fog. On went the radar and fog horn but the channel is so narrow and it was new territory with lots of shoaling outside the markers so we turned around and dropped anchor at the mouth of the river. There were 2 boats who were in Cape May with us just waiting out the storm also. Within a half hour it completely cleared and off we went again. We're becoming such pros at anchoring!!! It's becoming Jane's second favorite thing to do......besides turning on the fog horn. The trip from there was uneventful and not too much to look at. The Chesapeake Bay is huge...more than Narraganset Bay and sometimes you feel as though you are offshore in the ocean. Today being Sunday (we think) there were only 2 large commercial ships crossing our paths. We thought we would go half way to Annapolis along the East coast but once there we could see the Annapolis Bay Bridge, only 10 miles away, and decided to go for it. We pulled in and picked up a town mooring at 6PM. They are first come first serve and there were only 5 left. We decided to stay here, right downtown Annapolis until we move to the boatyard Thursday to have our
water maker installed. We will post pictures and news now every couple of days until we hit the waterway again in 2 weeks. Maybe we will see some boating friends while here?!
By the way....this message is for our friend in Florida. We are sitting on big canoe, sipping fire water, listening to missionary music ashore. Wish you were here!!!
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Hi Peter & Jane, We're trying to make plans for my birthday Wed, hoping to go kayaking in Block Island, so I've been watching the forecast. Lots of wind. Out of curiosity I checked the marine forecast for the Chesapeake and saw up to 30 knots out of the S & W in the forecast for the next two days. I though "Oh no!" thinking you guys were still in the C&D. SO GLAD YOU'RE ALREADY IN ANNAPOLIS!! Go to the great little dog store, I think on Church Circle. Lots of fun stuff for Pretzel. Pepper went to 300 dock to play with Sport & Diva today. They had great fun in the pouring rain. We all miss you! -D, B & P
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A fun stop for the crew, State Circle, Annapolis.
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