Underway at Last

We finally got underway Tuesday, June 2, from Wormley Creek Marina in Yorktown, VA.  The marina lies just south of the famous battlefield.  Our friend Deb was kind enough to drop us off on Monday with our final load of stuff.  The captain and admiral are shown below just before departure.

The morning's trip up Chesapeake Bay was very nice until we got to the mouth of the Potomac about noon.  Then the "Lying Ba@#$%ds" at NOAA (epithet courtesy of our friend Jacki...I couldn't print what she really says because my grand kids might read this) got us when the wind & waves picked up to the point that we declared victory and withdrew to the protection of Point Lookout, Maryland.  

We anchored three nights in Smith Creek and spent one night at the Pt Lookout Marina.  It rained nearly the entire time we were there.  The captain talked Susan into going ashore in the dinghy for lunch.  He is shown below in his foul weather (bozo) suit.

 

When we got underway again Saturday, we had been away from Yorktown four days and covered a whopping 65 miles.  We had a great travel day Saturday and made over 100 miles to the northern end of Chesapeake Bay.  On the way we passed under the Chesapeake Bay Bridge at Annapolis.

We anchored in Still Pond and Susan got a shot of sunset that shows one of the reasons we do this (yes indeed we were drinking wine at this time).

Sunday morning was good again as we transited the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal with Cape May, New Jersey, as our destination.  There are several very high bridges over the canal.  Since ships up to 830 feet long use the canal, the bridge height makes sense.

As we turned south in Delaware Bay the weather gods did it again.  After some bashing, we turned back to Delaware City and tied up at the city marina.  Several other boats joined us because of the bad weather.  We will likely be here three days when the next break in the weather is forecast to occur by NOAA.  If you are thinking that, re the weather, I am Charlie Brown and NOAA is Lucy tempting me to try again...guilty as charged.  

Delaware City dates back to the opening of the canal in 1829.  Most buildings close to the canal are very old.  We had a nice breakfast at this small cafe.  The hotel was built in 1830.

We hope to leave on Wednesday morning and would like to reach Atlantic City.  Stay tuned.