Saturday, October 20, 2007

October 16-18

On Tuesday morning, as we passed by the Naval Academy and City Dock in Annapolis, we found ourselves in the midst of a flotilla of PT training boats coming back towards the academy docks. It kept us on our toes as they weren’t all going in the same direction, which necessitated a couple of quick course changes.

Our destination that day was Galesville, where we hoped to make arrangements to have someone look at our autopilot – which has not been so auto. As it turned out, they were already very busy with boats heading south and unable to accommodate us. They did have a great gas dock with fresh water, though, where we were able to spend the afternoon cleaning and washing the boat.

Galesvile is a very pretty marina, with nice scenery as well. This picture, taken as we were preparing to leave Wednesday morning, hopefully captures both.

Our travels took us across to the Eastern Side of the bay, to a secluded creek off the Wye East River called Dividing Creek.

As we departed Dividing Creek Thursday morning for Dun Cove, we passed a number of smaller boats in the Wye East River harvesting crabs. As we took their picture, these fellas joked, ‘Wait and get a picture of us with a trap with crabs in it!’




Dun Cove was a very nice spot, although for the most part quiet and secluded. That changed dramatically at sunrise and sunset, though, as thousands of Canadian Geese congregate or prepare for departure. The din of the honking is truly remarkable and stirs up many memories of home!