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Anchored out

We have been anchored out on a beautiful creek off Mobjack Bay for the last three days. When I last blogged, we were anchored on the Corrotoman. We left the Corrotoman, went into the city docks in Urbanna for one day, (had to have an old fashioned root…

September Song 2011-09-28 15:10:00

Enjoying the afternoon with Steen and Trudy on their screen porch at their beautiful home nestled in the woods.What a great dinner we had. These are the pork loins Steen prepared perfectly on the grill. Notice the flags. Steen is from Denmark. Steen sa…

September Song 2011-09-28 15:09:00

That is what they call a jumbo Chesapeake blue crab. He was blue before he was steamed. How’s the water Bob? Bob, BOB! BOB!A little string, two chicken legs, a captain and Coke, and Voila, Jumbo crabs. Guess what we had for dinner.

September Song 2011-09-28 15:09:00

Do you ever wish you could fly like a bird for a day? The New Point Comfort lighthouse at the mouth of Mobjack Bay.

Finally, time for you and us!

Finally, a day at anchor with nothing to do but go to the beach with the girls, throw out a couple lines and catch some crabs, and catch up on my blog. We love these lazy days, just the four of us, all alone in a beautiful anchorage, and just off a bea…

September Song 2011-09-22 03:10:00

The antenna from the top of the World Trade Center.A section of the Berlin Wall at the Newseum.This is the compass rose that is in the floor in the center of the rotunda at the Capitol. This is the spot where you see many past presidents lie in state.&…

September Song 2011-09-22 03:09:00

The Eastern Market is a hike on our bicycles, but well worth the ride. The hard part is lugging all the stuff we bought back to the boat. How do you tell a male egg plant from a female one? You tell me.

September Song 2011-09-22 03:08:00

Alll this exploring makes a person real thirsty. Real thirsty!Found this great Irish Pub. What fun! Real thirsty!Because we were there on 9/11, security was everywhere.  The presidential helicopter with the President waving, thanking us for coming…

September Song 2011-09-22 03:07:00

Coming down the Potomac, the debris from the floods was incredible. Lines of logs and junk went on for miles. It wasn’t a case of dodging the logs, it was which ones were small enough to run over.Crab pots were all over the place and we couldn’t tell t…

September Song 2011-09-22 03:06:00

After we left Washington and were plowing our way down the Potomac, we heard Knot Tide Down (Bill and Ana) on the radio. They’re a couple we know through Todd and Brenda. (Lifes2Short) We knew they were in the area and had been trying to get together w…