St Michaels, MD

Again, I want to say that our hearts are with those affected by the Joplin tornado. They are our family and friends. Although we’re not there, you are constantly in our thoughts and prayers. Take care.

This morning (Thursday, May 26, 2011) we actually left about 8:00 a.m. We headed to St Michaels which is just north of Cambridge and still on the eastern shore of the Bay. It only took us about two hours to get here. We were on the Choptank River although it’s hard to tell any difference between the rivers and the actual Bay. It all looks like ocean to me! Anyway, it was a beautiful day and the waves were next to nothing. We had what is called a following sea most of the time.

We anchored out in a great area along with another boat or two on the south side of St Michaels. We read that this location is usually not as crowded as the northern side. Since Memorial Day weekend is coming up, we thought that would be a good idea. So far, we’re right. There are only about five boats here now. Three of them are sailboats. Another is a trawler – El Sea. They are also loopers and are from Tennessee. The loopers are everywhere!

After we settled in with the anchor, we decided to launch the dinghy and venture into town. It’s just a short ride in the dinghy over to a dinghy dock. Then it’s only a few blocks to the town. It’s a very quaint little town. It reminds me of Key West. Lots of old homes that have been renovated and well maintained. In fact, Dick Cheney and Don Rumsfeld both have homes here. – Haven’t seen them yet. We walked to a neat little place on the water called Foxy’s. We had a great lunch and then did a little sightseeing. We stopped at the Acme Grocery and then the Village Mart (a liquor store that has a meat counter). Again we almost bought too much to carry, but it was only about three blocks to the dinghy.

We watched a beautiful sunset while we cooked dinner. It was almost a perfect day. I say almost because just as we were thinking that everything was fine, both heads (toilets) decided not to work. It’s going to be an interesting evening. Mike will fix them in the morning, I’m sure. He seems to be able to fix everything so far. He’s just getting very tired of working! But that’s what it’s like having an older boat. Well, most of you know that – that’s what it’s like owning a boat period! They don’t call it BOAT for nothing! Bring On Another Thousand! Oh well, I’m not whining - well maybe just a little bit.

Till next time!

Admiral “C”