Jonny and I were fine with it but we were worried about Archie who has had a habit of getting carsick (though we thought he was starting to outgrow it). He did OK for awhile but then he couldn’t “stomach it” any longer and over the course of the next few hours, he got sick four times! Pobrecito!! If we had been more prepared for a rough passage we would have given him the CBD chewies that our vet had prescribed. Though I tried to lure him into eating one, he was having nothing to do with it. So I held him in my arms to try to soften the ride and he weathered the storm.
As we entered the C&D Canal, things calmed down considerably and he was fine. We reached charming Chesapeake City by 12:50 and hoped to get a free spot at the town dock. But it wasn’t to be. The cruisers there probably chose to stay and wait for a better weather day. We did have a Plan B and that was to drop anchor in a little calm bay which proved to be a very comfortable anchorage. Jonny donned his rain gear and set us up for our first anchorage of the season.
We always love anchoring but now we have an extra complication in that we need to find anchorages that have a place we can dinghy to so Archie can “do his business” on shore. It was easy with this one because there is a convenient dinghy dock right in the middle of town. Jonny loaded Archie to take him for a walk and I stayed blissfully dry onboard.
We spent a quiet afternoon onboard, nice and cozy in our cabin. Dinner included delicious pan sautéed fish, summer squash and couscous.
This was obviously Archie’s first time anchoring out and he did really well. He likes being on the dinghy and we have a backup pad of artificial turf on the aft deck in case he can’t wait to go on land!
We are really looking forward to the next day when we go to Delaware City where Stephanie and Ryan will meet us. We haven’t seen them since Christmas!
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