Month: September 2006

Raised the hook and motored over to Fairview Marina in Rock Creek to meet an old friend. Stan Sowers and his wife Susan have a beautiful Gozzard named Galatea here. Stan and I went to high school together, but neither knew the other was interested in sailing until a mutual friend hooked us up this…

Today is a holiday in Maryland that celebrates the successful defense of Baltimore by Ft McHenry. We joined in the celebration by taking the water taxi over to Ft McHenry where a re-enactment was underway. At the visitor’s center, an author read her book to Noah and a couple other kids that described the battle…

Well, we spent the morning walking to West Marine, the Bank and the Post Office. They are all very convenient to our anchorage, but we were still hot and thirsty when we got back to the boat. Still need to get into the habit of carrying water and snacks. We don’t think about that at…

You know you are a cruiser if….  you choose destinations by their proximity to grocery stores.  We motored 45 miles today and anchored near the Safeway in Baltimore’s Canton neighborhood. We heard on the radio that there will be special events this weekend celebrating the anniversary of the battle of Fort McHenry, so we are…

From the Sassafras we motored North to the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal, which is what ocean going ships use to get from the Chesapeake Bay to the Delaware Bay, thus the name. A short way into the canal lies Chesapeake City which is home to the Corp of Engineers that maintains the canal. We anchored…

Rainy, calm weather has us anchored on the Sassafras River near Georgetown, MD. We’ve put 14 hours on the engine so far and it is behaving nicely. We’re going to do some inside projects, organize a little and, of course, school. Labor Day brought us great weather to cross back over to the Eastern Shore.…