oxford.
we left denton at
o'dark early to catch the outgoing tide on the choptank river and made our way
to oxford and anchored off of town creek for the night. we were starting to run low on supplies so we
went to the oxford market for a few essentials and then spent the rest of the
day just chilling out. after dinner, it
was off to the highland creamery for ice cream.
tom and i went wild and had two scoops each! tom went to bed early so i took consuelo for
her last potty run. it's been a while
since i've taken the dinghy out by myself and that 9.9hp yamaha is a bit heavy
to raise up out of the water. in any
case, the funny thing is that since i so rarely do the dinghy runs by myself, i
went out again later that night to make sure that the dinghy was securely
tied. i've had at least three friends
whose dinghies have "run away" because they weren't properly secured
so i kinda have nightmares about that.
heck, i even checked it twice!
the dinghy was fine.
herrington harbour
south.
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| at the fuel dock at HHS |
we left oxford early
and went back to the Bay via knapps narrows instead of going around black
walnut point which was the original plan - tom worries about the shoaling at
the narrows but it was high tide so we went for it, calling for a bridge
opening. i think, however, that we will
avoid knapps narrows from now on until they dredge over there. we were lucky not to meet any boats going the
opposite way in that section where it is really narrow and shallow although if
we did, i probably would have suggested that i take over the wheel. i am better at playing chicken than tom
is. bullies are like that hahaha... well, it might be a cultural thing, too. i have this hierarchy background - if i am
older than you, you must give way.
similarly, if i am bigger than you, you should probably get out of my
way. tom is much more polite and usually
moves out of the way. not me... i was here first - YOU get out! :)
we crossed the chesapeake to herring bay and into herrington harbour
south marina to fuel up. why there? because the price of fuel was lower than
anywhere else. nevertheless, it was an
expensive day. 200 gallons later and
ass-heavy, we left for the rhode river.
rhode river.
surprisingly, the
entrance to west river, which i always think of as crabpot city, had less
crabpots than i had ever seen prior!
hmmm..... that's not good! i heard that it's not a very good year for
crabs so far. in any case, from the west
river, we headed to the rhode river anchorage where we sat for a couple of days
and relaxed. or rather, we sat for a
couple days and i worked and tom did projects.
on one of the dinghy runs, we noticed a sailboat had run aground on one
of the points. they had called towboat
US but had already been waiting an hour so likely the towboat was out helping
someone else. they ran aground at high
tide which means only one thing - that they'd dig in lower into the mud when
the water runs out from underneath them and they'd be in a worse situation. with the dinghy, we were able to push the bow
to face the other way in hopes that when they raised the mainsail, together
with our outboard and theirs, plus the wind, they'd be able to extricate
themselves from the mud but, unfortunately, it just wasn't enough
horsepower. oh well, we tried. towboat US finally arrived and muscled them
out of the mud. the two young people in
that sailboat motored by later on and were profuse in their thanks. well, you know, the last time we waited for
towboat US was when we got hit by lightning - it was two and a half hours
before the towboat arrived. in any case,
lots of reminiscing at the rhode river.
tom and i had both spent time anchored there on our individual boats
before we even met each other so it was like an old friend. i remember it when there were three
islands. now there are only two and the
one is considerably smaller than it was.
everything changes.  |
| sunset at the rhode river |
mill creek.
the run to mill
creek was another o'dark early start.
the forecast was for wind and thunderstorms mid-day. the thunderstorm did come but it was not until
late that night. and quite a display of lightning, too. we were at john and heidi's on mill creek by
9:00 a.m. it is always terrific to see
old friends - they were my family when i lived in annapolis. and when i got consuelo 13.5 years ago after
simka died, they came to visit to see the new puppy and brought toys! we spent a relaxing three days docked at
their home and did all our provisioning - west marine and grocery store -
wednesday was a VERY EXPENSIVE day! mill
creek, though, gets crazy with boat wake and as much as we would have loved to
stay longer, the weekend came up and EVERYONE was going to be out bouncing us
all over the place. we had to tow the
dinghy out into the Bay before we could even haul it up with the davit. it was nice to get caught up and spend
quality time - we will be back! any way
you look at it, tom and i still tend to think of annapolis as home.
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| tadhana at mill creek |
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| john and heidi's home at mill creek |
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