In the Interim

They made it pretty difficult, but we finally left Chesapeake City. It was a very nice place and everyone was very welcoming. We left on the ebb current and headed 20 miles down the Chesapeake Bay to Still Pond, a very secluded anchorage. It’s very peaceful and we were the only boat in there. We slowly crept our way in and dropped anchor in seven feet of water about 150 feet from shore, it was perfect. Winds were forecast out of the north so next day we pulled up anchor and headed to Annapolis.

Waterfront festival Chesapeake City. There was a band, dancing, tons of food, make your own scarecrow, nic nacs, car show and other stuff. Lots of fun. Right after we finished off a couple of sinful chocolate peanut butter cupcakes, we ran across some friends (also sailing south) that had just won a big plate of fudge and insisted we help them eat it. Anyway:

A few nice cars at the festival:

Once we dropped anchor at Still Pond we got in the dinghy and took in the sights. We found 15 deer grazing in someone’s front yard. Most of them took off but these few stuck around at a distance. They’re in there, on the upper lawn and behind the trees on the lower lawn:

Once we got back and pulled up the dinghy it started to pour. Perfect timing:

Torrential rain with almost no wind.

We pulled up anchor the next day and headed to Annapolis. We have been here for a couple of days just walking around sightseeing, and eating… We anchored out the past couple of days just south of the US Naval Academy. There is a storm front coming through tonight so we picked up a city mooring. The moorings are right downtown and very protected. We are hauling out tomorrow to make an adjustment on the propeller so we have lots to do to prepare, not only for that but also the next leg of our journey south.

We will update with pictures when we can.