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Cool Breeze does the Chesapeake / June 2, 2008

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Cool Breeze does the Chesapeake / June 2, 2008
6-02-08  The storms that came through did a good bit of cosmetic damage to the trees in the area, but I’m happy to report that there wasn’t any damage to buildings or people.  There was a large tree down that collapsed part of the Spring Cove Yacht Cove tent and barely missed boats in the marina, but we were lucky.  At Zanheizer Marina just up the creek from us, but not nearly as protected, we heard that they had wind gusts to 70 mph.  We were glad to be in Spring Cove.    Sunday, I found a Catholic church not too far from the marina, Mary Star of the Sea, and we bicycled there to attend Mass.  We got there early, scoping it out, and had some extra time to ride bikes to Zanheizer’s and to check out their ship’s store and relax on a picnic bench before we took a ride down the Solomon’s Island Road to the waterfront on the Patuxent.  We sat on a bench at the boardwalk and watched sailboats braving the northwest winds before heading back to the church.  I guess this was the first Mass I’d  been able to attend since we left.  The church was pretty small, the priest was elderly (not unexpected), and the 12:30 Mass was well attended.  We rode our bikes back to the marina, where Bill changed the oil on the boat and I headed to the supposedly heated pool at the marina.  The water was still chilly and I swam one lap in the lap lane of 25 yards, but then I settled in a chair to read my latest Lee Child’s Jack Reacher Book, Bad Luck and Trouble.  I’d been reading Beautiful Swimmers, which is interesting, but not captivating as Lee Child’s is.  After an hour or so, I returned to the boat where Bill was still working on the oil change.  I just continued reading until he finished.    Before we knew it, the storm clouds were moving in again.  We closed hatches, brought in cushions, and waited for the next storm.  Fortunately, it was not as severe or as of as long a duration as the previous night.  Bill called to me to tell me we had a double rainbow.  That has to be a good sign.  As the rain stopped, we made our way back to the Naughty Gull and had a light dinner, crab cake for Bill, crab chowder and salad for me, and we were soon back at the boat.  We decided not to travel to Little Choptank because the wind was out of the NW and we’d spend 20 n.m. into the wind.  Instead, we decided to go back up the Patuxent into Mill Creek and anchor.  We woke, ate breakfast, and took a couple of loads of laundry to the Laundromat. Then we rode our bikes to the grocery store and bought a few items and pedaled back.  We loaded the bikes back on the deck, not before Christine tried to dump the 12-pack of Coors into the drink, but Bill outsmarted her.  After the laundry was done and the lines loosed, we made our way to the fuel dock to put in our traditional 10 gallons (but at $4.49 per gallon).  We motored to Mill Creek and found another great anchorage.  We spent the day working on suntans, reading (I finished the Child’s book), talking to a motor boater who came by to discuss the previous storms and things in general (Bill had seen him fishing, or so he thought, but the guy said he was just having a drink and smoking a cigar).  We took showers on the boat, ate another can of Dinty Moore, and will set off tomorrow for Annapolis and a visit with the other Bill P. and his wife Dianne.  The weather looks iffy through Thursday, so we’ll hopefully be able to sightsee, shop, and enjoy our northernmost point before we head back.Thanks to all who have responded to our posts, Deb, Marsh, Capn Dee.  It’s fun to make new friends.Somehow this map thing is screwed up.  We never have sailed north of Annapolis, but anyway, that’s probably not important.Also, if anyone can translate these posts that are in a Slavic language for us as comments, we’d appreciate it.  Photos will follow when we have more power. Full Story »

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