Annapolis, MD

We left Delaware City Marina at 8 a.m. on Monday October 22  after being up very late the night before.  When we went to go to bed at 10:30 we discovered that Georgio had left us a very unpleasant gift that had once again soaked through our bedding all the way down through the mattress pad!  Unfortunately we hadn’t noticed it when we arrived back at 4 the previous sfternoon because it had soaked through the elaborate pattern on the comforter which was no longer wet.  This was so frustrating on several levels including the fact that the comforter has to be washed in a giant laundromat style washer which of course it was too late to do!  So we stayed up late washing everything else in the marina’s laundry. (The photo is not even half of what had to be laundered!)

It was a long day of cruising as we headed to our final destination on the Chesapeake where we would be storing Zendo for the winter.  The weather was clear but  cold enough that we spent most of the day in the saloon.

We made our way down the Delaware and Chesapeake Canal with the current in our favor for half of the day.  The canal led to the Elk River which flowed into the Chesapeake Bay.  The waters were quite comfortable for most of the day until later in the afternoon when we neared the beautiful Chesapeake Bay Bridge.  It got pretty choppy at that point but we only had another hour before we would reach our destination for the day.

Originally we were going to anchor in Bodkin Creek but because we were making good time we decided to push forward to anchor near Annapolis.  

We found a very well protected anchorage in Lake Ogleton off the Severn River just south of Annapolis.  It was a lovely spot surrounded by attractive homes and no other boats were anchored nearby.  This would sadly be our last anchorage for this journey.

We are seriously working our way through our store of food. Lunch consisted  of chili that Lynn had frozen a couple of weeks ago and dinner was salmon, sweet potatoes and salad.  We were able to get TV reception now that we are back in civilization.  Our reward for the day was this beautiful sunset.