Empty Slip

Finally the boat was loaded, our storage locker on land was cleaned out, the rental car was returned, and if we forgot it at this point it’s too bad. Although I’m sure it will take us quite a while to figure out if we actually forgot something or not, by then I doubt we’ll even care. We pulled out of the slip Saturday afternoon, taking the docklines with us, not planning to return. There is certainly something definitive about pulling the dock lines off the pilings. For the first time in weeks we breathed a sigh of relief, the preparations are over, they are either done or not, we are on our way. Our way on Saturday took us a whole half a mile to the Rhode River. Where we dropped our new Rockna anchor, it sure is big but it stopped us fast and held tight all night. Although we didn’t go far at least we got our tanks full of diesel and felt like we were on our way.

Our preparations of the past few weeks have certainly been paying off. The new upholstery makes for a very pleasant living environment, the new stove easily lights and makes cooking a joy, the new bimini is not torn and is a nice cheery white, but best of all is the diesel heater. No more cold nights at anchor!

We spent Sunday night at Solomon’s Island, MD and are now on our way to Deltaville. It’s a beautiful day, not much wind so there is no sailing, but at least the overcast, cold dreary, rainy weather has passed... For now. We hope to get to Norfolk, VA after the Great Bridge Lock has reopened and all the backed up boat traffic has had a chance to clear out and head on south.