Mon Oct 5: Solomons to Harrington Harbor North

 In which we arrive at the Mother of all Harbors ...

As we turned left out of Solomons the Calvert Cliffs ran along our port side.  These are the cliffs famous for fossils, as we learned in our recent museum visit.  You can see the dramatic layers of sediment - each trapping imprints from its own time.

Again, we are reminded how much we appreciate a little topography, after the flat grasslands down south (which were, to be fair, beautiful in their own way - we were just ready for a change).

It was a bumpy, chilly day on the Chesapeake Bay.  Not so much a fun day as just a commute .  While I did wish for some colder weather, I hope we won't go right into winter.  There just seems to be no making me weather happy. Sigh.

We are stopping in Harrington Harbor to check it out as possible winter storage, so that Mr. Dither can make up is damn mind about where we will be leaving the boat.  We only have about a week left to decide. This is a MONSTER marina/boat yard.  There are docks A through R, a total of 600 slips.  Plus row upon row of boats already out of the water and put to bed for the winter.  It could not be more different from our other choice, Colton's Pt., which was more like a mom and pop operation where you would get a lot of personalized service.  Here it's a factory, but one that is well oiled and knows what it is doing. Rick has some thinking to do... I will be reading my book while he does it - la la la.

I have been doing a lot of reading today, about the ethics of 'schadenfreude' - a real issue which has beset many of us.  Fortunately, a lot of people much smarter than I have written about the dilemma that people (with what I like to believe is a strong moral compass) confront when trying to find empathy for those who we believe have caused a lot of harm, and who are now reaping that very same harm in turn.  I will just leave it at this amusing statistic that proves many are struggling...

And on a lighter note - what else is there to say about Maryland?!

Work continues with the lensball:

 

 

 

Boat name of the day, as I know all 4 of my loyal readers are clamoring for it - you will need to say it out loud to really appreciate it.