We arrived in Annapolis and stopped for fuel and a pump out. As we were waiting, this unusual water craft went by with a man paddling something like an elliptical exercise machine!
We cruised a bit further up the harbor to Spa Creek where we dropped anchor for the first time. However, we were too close to the moored boats nearby so we changed locations and moved closer to the fairway. But Jonny wasn’t happy with this choice either because of all the passing boats so we pulled up the anchor again and moved further up the creek and anchored there.
That night we had the rest of the leftover chili and spent a quiet evening on board.
The next day Jonny went for a long paddle further up the creek. When he returned, we took the dinghy into Annapolis to meet Greg, who had driven over from Alexandria to meet us for lunch. We met him at our favorite restaurant in town, the Boathouse Grill. In our opinion, this place has the best crab cakes on the Chesapeake. We had assured Greg that there was outside dining but he was chagrined to see that the outside area was enclosed by a tent. Fortunately, there were some tables on the open porch so we ate there. This was the first time he had eaten at a restaurant in the “Time of Covid”.
After a delicious lunch we dinghied from the Eastport part of town to the center of Annapolis.
There, we strolled through town looking for a good ice cream shop. We found one and indulged in sweet treats and then went in search of Jonny’s new favorite coffee shop. Unfortunately, it was closed so we contented ourselves with espressos from the big open market in the center of town.
After dropping Greg off near his car we took a long dinghy ride all the way up Spa Creek looking at the lovely homes lining the waterfront.
When we returned to Zendo, we discovered an official warning from the harbormaster taped to the back of the boat. Apparently when the wind shifted we had floated too close to the docks of the nearby homes. Fortunately, it was a warning and not a ticket. So once again we pulled up anchor and moved all the way to the very top of Spa Creek which turned out to be a perfect quiet anchorage.
That night we skipped dinner because we were still full from lunch. We made our usual family calls and settled in to watch the dueling town hall meetings by Biden and Trump that had taken the place of the cancelled second debate. Oh, will this election season ever be over!
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