Memorial Day
Monday May 31, 2021
I can’t say exactly when we left San Domingo Creek. I’m fairly sure it wasn’t as early as it seemed. We had a lot of ground to cover to get out of San Domingo and Broad Creeks and into the Choptank River. From the Choptank it was back to the Chesapeake Bay itself. I think we had been underway for more than three hours when Mike announced that we were almost level with our starting point this morning. That was a long way around Robin Hood’s barn.
At first this morning the wind was fairly strong from the northwest—we saw 16 knots of true wind. Thankfully, at that point we were headed southwest so it wasn’t too bad. The prospect of heading north toward Annapolis was somewhat daunting. But as we started to make our way north the wind gradually eased down. The trip did remain fairly choppy, largely due to boat wake. As we got near to Annapolis, I counted 25 sailboats in about one quarter of the sea around us. Then there were the powerboats. Things were somewhat hair-raising just outside the harbor!
Much to our astonishment, there were numerous moorings available. We picked up one quite near to the dinghy dock. Even before we were finished tying on, the harbormaster’s boat zoomed over. To be fair, he did tell us to finish up and he came back later to get his fee. It’s quite bouncy on the mooring here, due to boat wake. We hope that will die down as the evening progresses. With the holiday weekend coming to a close, tomorrow might see less boat traffic.
I want to announce: “Mission Accomplished”! We felt we had to come to Annapolis to do laundry before we ran out of clean clothes. That’s one job well done. I should be good for another little while.
Gloria
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