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.
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. Winds were calm and the only waves were from the myriad
of power boats trying to make the most of the one nice day of the holiday
weekend. Leaving Rock Creek, we found the namesake in a set of big boulders
that looked like they belonged on the Maine Coast, quite unlike the rest of the
shoreline we’ve seen in the Chesapeake. There were all kinds of craft out on the
water. The AIS was working and we watched as two freighters passed each other
behind us in, what could have been, an Intuition sandwich if we hadn’t been
paying attention. We photographed this classic little schooner sailing on the
Sassafras. Also took some pictures of an Island Packet 40 and rafted up with
the owner later to exchange contact info. Much of the fun of exploring comes
from meeting new people. Speaking of raft-ups, there had to be at least one
hundred boats anchored and rafted near Georgetown on Labor Day. We decided
it was too crowded, so moved a little farther out, beyond the 6 knot speed
limit signs. This was bouncy for a while as all the anchored boats headed home
and opened up their throttles in the river.
to the Eastern Shore. Winds were calm and the only waves were from the myriad
of power boats trying to make the most of the one nice day of the holiday
weekend. Leaving Rock Creek, we found the namesake in a set of big boulders
that looked like they belonged on the Maine Coast, quite unlike the rest of the
shoreline we’ve seen in the Chesapeake. There were all kinds of craft out on the
water. The AIS was working and we watched as two freighters passed each other
behind us in, what could have been, an Intuition sandwich if we hadn’t been
paying attention. We photographed this classic little schooner sailing on the
Sassafras. Also took some pictures of an Island Packet 40 and rafted up with
the owner later to exchange contact info. Much of the fun of exploring comes
from meeting new people. Speaking of raft-ups, there had to be at least one
hundred boats anchored and rafted near Georgetown on Labor Day. We decided
it was too crowded, so moved a little farther out, beyond the 6 knot speed
limit signs. This was bouncy for a while as all the anchored boats headed home
and opened up their throttles in the river.
Noah is listening to a Jim Weiss CD’s about Thomas
Jefferson that nicely compliments his history lessons about famous americans.
He’s also been devouring Dragon Slayer’s Academy and Captain Underpants books.
Some Beverly Cleary books have been rounding out his novel selections. We stashed
away close to a hundred books for him, and they are not going to last six
months!
Jefferson that nicely compliments his history lessons about famous americans.
He’s also been devouring Dragon Slayer’s Academy and Captain Underpants books.
Some Beverly Cleary books have been rounding out his novel selections. We stashed
away close to a hundred books for him, and they are not going to last six
months!
Still having some trouble with the (relatively) new
alternator charging the batteries while motoring that we need to investigate
once we can find the programming instructions. Also need to get the holding
tank pumped out soon, but can wait for the weather to clear. The rest of the
week is supposed to be ideal weather.
alternator charging the batteries while motoring that we need to investigate
once we can find the programming instructions. Also need to get the holding
tank pumped out soon, but can wait for the weather to clear. The rest of the
week is supposed to be ideal weather.