Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Solomons Island, Maryland


Rain Rain, GO AWAY!!!
Scott has gotten very comfortable driving the dinghy
This is typical of entire eastern shore...mansions w/boat out front
We did leave @ dawn Tuesday morning...in dense fog & rainy conditions. It was a difficult day of sailing. Choppy water, RAIN. Luckily, shortly after we anchored in @ Solomons, the sun came out ! It was great. Thunderstorms started again by late evening but we had several warm sunny hours. We woke to horrible rain this morning & I was totally bummed that it would pour all day...but the sun came out again by 12pm!! We took a long dinghy ride all over the Solomons area. It was great to get off the boat for awile & tour around. The next 2 days will be long days of sailing. Tomorrow we will travel about 50 miles,(that will take us 10+ hrs) to Deltaville. The next day another 10hr day of sailing to Portsmith, Va.
Sailing is fun & beautiful but it is A LOT of work too. It's a physical & mental workout. You don't just get in the captain seat & drive. There are things like navigation, hoisting sails, cooking in a kitchen that is rolling back & forth, always listening for funny engine sounds when it's running, chart plotting, watching out for lobster pots, watching out for other boats, hanging on when powerboats speed by you creating a 5ft wake that sends you pitching up & down....we are exhausted at the end of those long days!! You do have to work....even when you're living the dream.
 Another interesting feature of the Solomons anchorage is that it is next door to a military airforce or navy air base & supersonic fighter jets are buzzing over head all afternoon. We have seen some cool airplanes...things I havent seen before.
Of coarse, all the above plans rely completely on weather. Love & miss you all !
Sunset @ Solomons Island. Note the last little patch of blue sky in the distance

This guy swam up for a look-see. he enjoyed what im sure was his 1st corn tortilla.
Love, michelle & scott

1 comment:

azkodiak said...

When power boats go by you might try quartering the wake with the bow. Very nice blog we love that let us know what is happening