Rock Hall, MD

Yeah us! We are finally in the Chesapeake Bay. This was a huge milestone for us. Many miles behind us and closer to warmer weather. We plan to go to the boat show in Annapolis next weekend and meet some of our friends. (Jenni and Pat you should fly down and meet us :)

Let's see if I can remember everything. We left Cape May on hmmm what day? I guess it was Friday morning at 6:00 a.m. We went through the Cape May Canal into Delaware Bay and then spent a long day (with good wind) sailing up the Delaware to the C&D canal. The C&D was at least 20 miles long and took a very long time to traverse. We anchored at Veazey Cove at the mouth the Bohemian River at around 4:00 p.m. It was an excellent anchorage. Very serene and pretty. A very calm night indeed. Next morning we headed out around 10:00 to go Rock Hall area. It took forever to get into Swan Creek - a long narrow, shallow channel with lots of sailboat traffic.

This morning we are at a slip at Haven Harbor Marina. We were going to get a mooring in this area somewhere. However, when we called, they didn't have a mooring so they offered us a slip for a great price. We couldn't resist. But maybe we should have - ugh! Yes Jenni, we are officially on the ICW and the bottom has risen significantly risen. We've found it twice in one day. The first time wasn't a big deal. Steve even says it was just because the anchor wasn't fully up, that we weren't really touching. But I was at helm and I know that we weren't moving for a few minutes. The second time was after a long day of traveling (albeit a very nice and sunny day - with no wind though). When we finally got to the marina and located our slip, we had to turn around to get back to it as we passed it to see what our approach would be. When we turned (just next to the channel in the morring field where they were going to put us if there was room) we went aground! Captain Papile was just a little bit angry. As it turns out, this happens all the time even to the people who live here. They complain about it all the time. We were stuck pretty much right next to the slip we were supposed to go into. It was a little frustrating. It wasn't long before we were off, but we are 0 for 2 on marinas. I don't think we'll be going into another one real soon. But on the bright side, we filled our water tank and get to take a long hot shower and do some laundry. Food shopping is on the agenda this morning too. The woman in the slip next to us offered to drive us to the market so that's pretty good. My freezer is finally getting empty from when we first filled it in Quincy. Not bad provisioning if I do say so myself!

Since we have to be out of this slip by 1:00 P.M (the owner is coming back), we are going to find an anchorage nearby so we can explore the area. This area has a huge Island Packet dealership, and there are a few for sale that we may check out - just looking :)