Kent Island, MD to Solomons, MD
Tired, we were up at the crack of dawn. Probably the earliest Mel has been up since
elementary school days. There were a
couple hours of information dump, as the trainers helped us check all the systems
and learn all the prep for getting underway.
The Scott and Rick (two mechanical/maritime peas in a pod) took us out
of the harbor while Karen and Mel (two clean/organizing peas) began to unload,
clean and inventory every single storage space on the boat. And, believe us, there are a boat-load of cubby
holes. We headed out into the large body
of Chesapeake Bay. Instead of the
perfect calm conditions we expected, there was some wind and waves, so Melanie
got to see if her Bonine would hold – which it did! There wasn’t much other traffic, other than
the occasional HUGE barge, which would come up over the horizon looking like a
speck and eventually blot out the view.
How can those things even float?!
The day was mostly a blur of learning and organizing, and
much longer day than we would do normally.
But Scott wants to get us through Norfolk, VA and a lock before he
leaves us, which means long days. That’s
Ok because, hopefully, we will be back this way in the spring.
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| I told my mother I would always be in sight of land – this is a big body of water but there is a tiny piece of land!! |
We were very ready to rest up by the time we got to our ridiculously
picturesque anchorage in the back creek at Solomons. We successfully reviewed anchoring
and got settled in a snug spot a little off the tiny channel. Darling buildings and sailboats all around… plus a
pirate ship!
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| Mel and Karen woman-handle the anchor. |
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