Blogs from Annapolis, Maryland, United States, North America - page 3

The sun comes up and presto magic, a new day! Claims today started across the Chesapeake Bay. I checked out of the motel and took off across the bay. What a beautiful drive, wish I’d had time to stop and take photos or just enjoy. But there was work to do. But it reminded me of other drives across other bays. My third claim was near the center of DC. Driving to the claim I went past the Washington Monument, I saw it when I drove in yesterday too. It was so thrilling to see. We were in DC several years ago as sightseers but I was just so excited to see the monument again. I finished up the DC claim and was off to the last claim, in the NW area. I had to take ... read more

Nous avons eu un certain répit de quelques jours de la haute humidité et des températures accablantes dans les 90 +. Dès cette fin de semaine, ces mêmes températures sont à nouveau avec nous. La Baie de Chesapeake est l’un des plus beaux plans d’eau que nous ayons eu la chance de naviguer avec ses multiples rivières et ses ruisseaux qui s’y déversent donnant place à des baies assurant pleine protection. Yes, Chesapeake Bay could be monstrous when high winds blows from the South or North, but since we left Hampton, we had very calm and enjoyable seas. We did some lovely anchorages with a complete change of sceneries each time, some with lovely properties surrounding us, other in the wild with just the flies with us, and even in farming ground with the nice smell ... read more

Heading South -2010 After a very hot and humid summer docked in Baltimore at the Anchorage Marina in the Canton section of the inner harbor, Double-Wide and crew shoved off and headed South. We left on the 4th of October under partly cloudy skies and a light westerly wind. Our goal for the first day was to get as far down the bay as possible yet find a secure anchorage for the night on the western side of the Chesapeake Bay. This was important because the NOAA weather forecast called for building west winds overnight reaching 20-25 knots the following day. As we reached under the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, just north of Annapolis, we heard our old friends from the Bahamas, Bill & Sue on “Nice & Easy” on the VHF radio. They have a condo ... read more

Thursday, September 30 - Wednesday, October 6, 2010 We woke up this morning to a downpour and it looks like it will continue all day. They even have tornado warnings out for the area but so far the highest we have seen the winds is about 25 mph. Our original plan today was to go to shore as West Marine was having a big sale and we have a few things on our list of things to get. When we saw how hard it was coming down, we changed our plans and figure we will head over later today if it lightens up. Instead figured it was a great day to make a big pot of soup. Bob got some of the research books we have on board to figure out a few things about the ... read more

Hey Guys, I thought that this would be a great way to keep everyone in touch. Thanks to Brenna, we have this cool website to use. Thanks Brenna!! So this is the beginning of craziness! We are being packed out on the 19th. Moving to the Ritz on the 2oth and relaxing for a week. (I know.. what a hard life) We fly out to Germany on the 30th! Wow it’s coming up so fast. I will try to keep everyone posted. We love you all! Carly & Kenan & Joshua ... read more