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Sassafras

July 15, 2011Sassafras RiverI should have gotten a clue when I was 5 years old and almost drowned when my swimming instructor tossed me in the middle of the river.  Downstream from the tanneries, gulping acrid water contaminated with tanning aci…

Gunkholing

GUNKHOLINGJuly 13, 2011Still Pond, MDGunkholing!  What a strange and beautiful word. I actually had to ask JP to look it up in his Kindle dictionary.  It means navigating shallow waters.  Well, that’s what we’ve been doin…

ANNAPOLIS

COLORSJuly 4th, 2011ANNAPOLIS, MDSouth AnchorageUS Naval Academy.BLUE!  The Blue Angels that flew by on the 1st day of Commissioning Week, a blue blur through the hatch over our bed, a roar that dragged us out of our nap.BLUE! Navy blue, the U.S…

Knapp’s Narrows

June 30, 2011Knapps NarrowsHow do we leave friends behind, over and over again?  Just by knowing that we’ll meet again, in another harbor, on someone else’s boat, or… on Facebook! We left Harris Creek early, sadly without the crabs th…

Eastern Shore

June 29, 2011Harris Creek, St. Michael’sCruising the Chesapeake Eastern Shore is a trip of its own.   It’s as if we stepped back in time, stopped the clock, held our breath, held the whole world still, for that matter.  The peacefu…

Chesapeake Living

Solomons Island Light house June 22, 2011Solomons Island Leason Cove38°20.024 N076°26.485 WWith its reputation as the yachting center of the Chesapeake, we did expect Solomons Island to be crowded with boats.  How VERY crowded was what ga…

Spanked and Crashed

June 22, 2011When it comes to skippering, I’m not exactly the sharpest tool in the shed, pick of the litter, top of the heap… you get the idea: I’m pretty dismal.  So, after 18 months on the water, JP—who is now comfortable with his skil…

"Big D" does D.C.

June 18th, 2011Capital Yacht ClubWashington, D.C.38˚52 52N 077˚01.444WWe’ve been here a week and we have the best hotel room in town: DOMINO, anchored in the Washington Channel, just off the East Potomac Park, south of the I395 bridge, with views…

Chesapeake

Mt.Vernon, seen from DOMINOFriday, June 10, 2011Mt. Vernon, VA38˚41.940N-077˚05.046WChesapeake! James Michener’s novel depicting the history of the Chesapeake Bay is a national treasure.  Grandiose as it is, though, it hardly prepares the trav…

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