Annapolis

     We are in Annapolis, MD. We got here after spending several days in Solomons, MD. We had a dock thanks to Jack and Kathy Locher. We were far ahead of schedule and the winds were pretty high for several days so we stuck around and did some bike and dinghy touring. We also met up with our friends Mike and Carol there. They were on their migration back north to Meriden by car.

     We had an easy trip on the remainder of the ICW but Chesapeake Bay was a little rough, more each day until we decided to wait out the conditions in Solomons.

     Now we are on a Navy mooring in Weems Creek, West Annapolis. It's free, paid for by the taxpayers. Oh, wait, that means it's not free. They put them in to have a protected place to put their sailboats if there is a hurricane and locals and transients can use them if there is no storm approaching.

     We are waiting in Annapolis because Carol is off working in Detroit. Once these two weeks are over we will be back on the 'schedule' we were on last season. This will put us back in Connecticut by the second week of May. Sitting here lets the other snowbird boaters start catching up with us. A trickle are starting to show up in Annapolis.

     Next up: the C & D Canal, Delaware Bay, the coast of New Jersey, New York City and Long Island Sound. Delaware Bay has the potential to be nasty and going offshore also has the chance of being rough. Once underway we are about a week from home but we may have to wait for weather windows. Spring weather is unstable as I'm sure you know.