Graham is leaving us this morning, having treated himself to a ticket on the 11am Accela Express to return to NJ.
Sue started the day by preparing a big (for us) bacon and egg breakfast as a thank you gift to Graham for helping us get this far. By the time, we cooked and ate breakfast and completed some boat chores (re-arranging the refrigerator, filling water tanks, starting some laundry in the Marina, ...) it was time for Graham to leave -- we bid him farewell at the Hilton adjacent to the Marina where he caught a cab to the train.
Sue spent the rest of the morning finishing the laundry and doing some boat housekeeping while Jack took the opportunity to catch up on some work that his client had requested.
With chores and work behind us, we took a 1.5 hour walk along the Baltimore waterfront and up and down the streets of Fell's Point, relishing the sunny skies, moderate temperatures and hustle and bustle of the city's occupants on a work day when all we "had to do" was take a walk -- there's a lot to be said for being "retired" :-)
By the time we finished our walk, it was almost 2pm -- we decided to skip taking a shower at the Marina but rather move the boat down the Patapsco to Bodkin Creek, at the river's mouth. From the description in the cruising guide, we figured we would have a good chance of taking a swim in a pretty and quiet creek, something we were both wanting to do very badly.
So after replenishing our ice supply and with some help from the very careful Marina Staff, we edged My Weigh out of its slip and headed down the Patapsco. The wind was on our stern (NW) and pretty light (3-5 knots) so we made no attempt to sail, happy to simply motor our way down the river. The trip was uneventful save for passing close to a very large car carrier on its way into Baltimore (makes you feel very small).
We had to "video game" our way through some shallows and bob and weave our way through a mine-field of crab pots to get to the creek entrance, but the narrow well marked channel was straightforward to navigate and depths were never less than 8' or so. Inside, the creek divided into to branches; we took the port branch and anchored in about 10' of water in a medium sized cove not far from the entrance.
Surrounded by woods, stately homes and osprey's (there must have been a couple of nests nearby), we donned our suits, dropped the swim platform and took our first swim of the season. The water was warm (high 70's) albeit a bit murky -- we didn't care, it was heaven to be sitting in a quiet cove and swimming, one of our favorite things to do when cruising.
Cocktails on the "veranda", a light dinner, a beautiful sunset and some time to read and blog completed our first "easy" cruising day since we left N.J.
Sue started the day by preparing a big (for us) bacon and egg breakfast as a thank you gift to Graham for helping us get this far. By the time, we cooked and ate breakfast and completed some boat chores (re-arranging the refrigerator, filling water tanks, starting some laundry in the Marina, ...) it was time for Graham to leave -- we bid him farewell at the Hilton adjacent to the Marina where he caught a cab to the train.
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| Sue starting the "thank you" breakfast |
With chores and work behind us, we took a 1.5 hour walk along the Baltimore waterfront and up and down the streets of Fell's Point, relishing the sunny skies, moderate temperatures and hustle and bustle of the city's occupants on a work day when all we "had to do" was take a walk -- there's a lot to be said for being "retired" :-)
By the time we finished our walk, it was almost 2pm -- we decided to skip taking a shower at the Marina but rather move the boat down the Patapsco to Bodkin Creek, at the river's mouth. From the description in the cruising guide, we figured we would have a good chance of taking a swim in a pretty and quiet creek, something we were both wanting to do very badly.
So after replenishing our ice supply and with some help from the very careful Marina Staff, we edged My Weigh out of its slip and headed down the Patapsco. The wind was on our stern (NW) and pretty light (3-5 knots) so we made no attempt to sail, happy to simply motor our way down the river. The trip was uneventful save for passing close to a very large car carrier on its way into Baltimore (makes you feel very small).
We had to "video game" our way through some shallows and bob and weave our way through a mine-field of crab pots to get to the creek entrance, but the narrow well marked channel was straightforward to navigate and depths were never less than 8' or so. Inside, the creek divided into to branches; we took the port branch and anchored in about 10' of water in a medium sized cove not far from the entrance.
Surrounded by woods, stately homes and osprey's (there must have been a couple of nests nearby), we donned our suits, dropped the swim platform and took our first swim of the season. The water was warm (high 70's) albeit a bit murky -- we didn't care, it was heaven to be sitting in a quiet cove and swimming, one of our favorite things to do when cruising.
Cocktails on the "veranda", a light dinner, a beautiful sunset and some time to read and blog completed our first "easy" cruising day since we left N.J.
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| The skipper relaxing at dusk |
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| A beautiful lady in a beautiful sunset |
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