Heading back from the May voyage.
We are at a little marina called Point Lookout, where we ducked in on Thursday morning. We got started at sunrise, hoping to make 80 miles or so up the Chesapeake.. Did I say PLAN.... darn, that's what did it. We pledged not to plan. Sure enough by 9 am the seas were getting pretty stiff and there was a small craft advisory. Waves were 3-4 feet and the wind, very very windy. We kept hopping over and into waves and kept getting salt spray in our faces. Don't forget our helm is 15 feet above the water - and my hat got wet. After an hour or so it was getting old. The nearest exit ramp was into the Potomac river so we took that one. Once in we found this marina and tied up. Several other boats, some larger than us, did the same. We have now proven that we do not get seasick even after this experience. So we made about 20 miles total and decided that those small craft advisories were posted for a good reason.
All day we went back and forth about "toughing it out" or not on Friday, or Saturday. Now they have posted small craft advisories for Friday - through next Tuesday. So that shoots down the plan to complete the Chesapeake on this leg. We have arrangements to leave the boat here and Dennis will come back in two weeks, hopefully finding a better weather window, and keep going. Flying home on Saturday from Baltimore. We went to find a rental car to get to the airport and drove around the nearby villages today. We are very near Pax River Air Force base. This is a very pretty part of the country, nice farmland. So nice that it stands still while you travel across it.
Learned? Dennis is not good at sitting around doing nothing (surprise to no one), and I value my kindle more highly every day. At least here we can go for a nice walk and I even did laundry. This is so exciting I better stop before you start yawning.
See you soon.
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