Today it all about getting our visitors back to Annapolis.
We all slept in (8am is definitely "sleeping in" on a boat); once everyone was up, Sue was off and running cooking a big Bacon, Bagel and Egg breakfast. We ate on deck; the food was plentiful and "delish" -- one highlight was Danny's observation that "Bacon should be its own food group" :-) Once all were sated (most of 2lbs of bacon vanished), the dishes cleaned, the mainsail and anchor pulled up, we were on our way.
The weather was overcast and there was a 5-8 knot or so breeze on our nose -- so, the first leg of our trip, up the Miles River, was motor sailing. Once we rounded the corner on Eastern Bay, we got the jib out and were able to sail for a while although, because we couldn't quite point down the bay, we eventually gave up and motored around Bloody Reef (at the bay's entrance). We tacked up the main bay for a while, but decided to turn on the motor so we could stop and swim at a quiet place on the way back.
We dropped the hook just west of the entrance channel to Lake Ogelton on the Severn River and everyone took a swim -- it was mid-afternoon, the sun was out, the air warm and the swim fabulously refreshing -- indeed, so much so, that we had to coax Liz out of the water -- it seems that swimming is her favorite "pregnant" thing to do -- the water takes the weight of the baby off her back, a welcome relief :-)
Once everyone was back on board, we motored into Annapolis and dropped anchor in front of the Naval Academy wall. We then bade all the nieces & nephews farewell as they boarded the water taxi, tired but refreshed from a weekend on the water.
Sue and I had a light dinner and then read/blogged to complete the day.
We all slept in (8am is definitely "sleeping in" on a boat); once everyone was up, Sue was off and running cooking a big Bacon, Bagel and Egg breakfast. We ate on deck; the food was plentiful and "delish" -- one highlight was Danny's observation that "Bacon should be its own food group" :-) Once all were sated (most of 2lbs of bacon vanished), the dishes cleaned, the mainsail and anchor pulled up, we were on our way.
The weather was overcast and there was a 5-8 knot or so breeze on our nose -- so, the first leg of our trip, up the Miles River, was motor sailing. Once we rounded the corner on Eastern Bay, we got the jib out and were able to sail for a while although, because we couldn't quite point down the bay, we eventually gave up and motored around Bloody Reef (at the bay's entrance). We tacked up the main bay for a while, but decided to turn on the motor so we could stop and swim at a quiet place on the way back.
We dropped the hook just west of the entrance channel to Lake Ogelton on the Severn River and everyone took a swim -- it was mid-afternoon, the sun was out, the air warm and the swim fabulously refreshing -- indeed, so much so, that we had to coax Liz out of the water -- it seems that swimming is her favorite "pregnant" thing to do -- the water takes the weight of the baby off her back, a welcome relief :-)
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| Liz & Adam & Baby Wyrick escaping the heat |
Once everyone was back on board, we motored into Annapolis and dropped anchor in front of the Naval Academy wall. We then bade all the nieces & nephews farewell as they boarded the water taxi, tired but refreshed from a weekend on the water.
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| The weekend crew: Sue, Mike, Dan, Liz & Adam -- taken in St. Michael's |
Sue and I had a light dinner and then read/blogged to complete the day.
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