Late Lunch, Early Dinner

Late Lunch, Early Dinner

Tuesday, May 25, 2021

Doesn’t that sound like a formula for a good day?  What do you mean there are rules?  No one told me. 

At 8 am, we were pulling up the anchor.  The trip down the St. Mary’s River went well.  When we go to the Potomac, the chop started to build up.  The waves may have been caused by wind over tide or just the long fetch up the river.  It wasn’t horrible but it did make trips below decks somewhat less than delightful. Over the course of the morning, we pulled on one layer of clothing after another.  Eventually we rounded the point at the mouth of the Potomac and we were able to begin our northward progress. The day remained overcast and cool. Although, having the wind behind the boat made it seem a bit warmer.

By early afternoon we were entering the harbor at Solomon’s Island.  Mike managed to find the name of the marina where we had bought gas previously.  We were able to arrange to come into the fuel dock for diesel and a pump out.  As our holding tank gauge had been reading quite full, it was a big relief to be able to get the tank pumped out.  Sadly, that didn’t change the reading on the gauge.  We departed the fuel dock and went to Mill Creek to anchor.  A quick lunch of left-overs has us feeling better.  Poor Mike then tackled the holding tank gauge … a question of cleaning out the “focus tube” for the ultrasonic detector.  Happily it’s now reading empty.

After looking at the weather forecast and making some plans for tomorrow, we got the dinghy ready to head to town.  Since we stopped here in 2012, Mike has wanted to revisit the Tiki Bar with the Mai Ti cocktails.  In the autumn, it all seemed at bit too risky.  Now with our fully vaccinated status, the Tiki Bar seemed a possibility.  We tied up at their dock and crossed the street.  The whole place was like a ghost town.  No Mai Ti for Mike.  We wandered along to the Lighthouse Restaurant and had an early dinner on the deck outside.  (Now that I look at the time, maybe it just felt like an early dinner.)

All being well, tomorrow we will make our way northward and to the eastern side of the Chesapeake to anchor near St. Michael’s.  Because another cold front is forecast (with north winds) we will probably anchor to the south of the town for better wind protection.

Gloria

38 19.730 N, 76 27.062 W

The inner harbor at Solomon's Island as seen from the deck of the restaurant where we ate dinner. We are anchored off a small creek a few hundred yards away