From Deltaville, no pictures but we did meet a nice guy named Jim with a beautiful Caliber 35, we made a long day of it to get to Annapolis. We wanted to beat the weather system coming in and pick up our new dinghy at West Marine. The original plan had been to meet David's sisters for several days then have our friends Diane and Eric join us later in the week for the boat show. Conditions conspired to make most of that now happen. The anchorages, marinas and mooring balls convenient to anything were all full with no relief in sight. We naively thought that arriving more than a week ahead of time we'd find a spot. HAH! After a rough night at anchorage, we were fortunate enough to find a young man willing to take us to West to pick up the boat and bring us back to a ramp where we could launch it and get us and the old dinghy back to the boat. So with that done and his sister's canceling since we couldn't find a spot where any of us could be comfortable we returned to Solomon's. Nothing like being flexible. This time we are at a Navy Recreation area that is convenient to everything with a washer/dryer close by. So while we wait for Diane and Eric, we've been getting things set up for getting the new dinghy in the davits and doing some much overdo cleaning and maintenance. There should be more to Annapolis in a future post.
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This is one of the last remaining screwpile lighthouses still in active service.
It was on the Western Shore south of Annapolis. |
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| The Maryland state capitol dome. |
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We were anchored just off the Naval Academy. It is in the background.
All these boats were hanging out hoping for either a space in an anchorage
to open up or a mooring ball. We decided to bail rather than wait! |
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