Captain’s log 10-18-06

Departure Point / Start Time Worton Creek MD() 8:30AM
Arrival Point / End Time Cambridge MD() 6:30PM
Distance Traveled / Engine 50NM 10h

Next morning was very misty with patchy fog and sun, which was trying to find a way through. Tide was on our side for about 4 hours so I got us under way motoring in glass like water. The bay looked magical. Numerous fishing or crab boats were on both sides. I was careful of the numerous pots, which were everywhere. Soon after, the sun finally came out and made a day seem like a perfect summer day. Finally, after 18 days we got a summer-like day. Yeah, today is my sisters birthday. We just called her and had a great chat. That only made tings even nicer. Light breeze out of the NE was helping speed things up a bit. Crystal was baking cookies, and I was tightening the turnbuckles, which were under not so much tension anymore. I took 3 turns on the uppers and one on the lowers. As we passed the Annapolis Bridge the tide turned but the wind was helping. It ended up being a beautiful day filled with sunshine, autopilot steering and us lounging on the foredeck and getting some tan. By far the best day we had. I felt a bit bad that we had to skip all these beautiful places along the way but I didn’t want fall catching up with us so we proceeded up all the way to Choptank river and Cambridge to visit Greg and Gracie for the weekend. Cambridge has a beautiful downtown waterfront with everything nearby. This is a great place to spend a weekend. We expect to be under way by Sunday or Monday.