Mouth of the Potomac

It is sheer bliss to be back out on the water again. We were welcomed back this AM with a day of sunshine and very calm seas.

It has been a busy, eventful time since we left our house, 10/2. We started out by driving to Hilton Head, SC to see John's mom and drop our car. We moved all the boat stuff to a rental car and drove north to the boat on the Potomac. We dropped off the boat stuff and proceeded up to Philly for a super wonderful weekend with the grandkids. We got to see the Fall colors, go to the pumpkin patch and have a hayride.

Monday,  10/8, we returned to the boat in VA to prepare to head south.. That was not to be. Tuesday. 10/9, we received a call that my sister Kay had passed away from cancer. To add to the day, we returned from running errands to find our boat salon flooded with water. A pipe under the galley sink had broken. We were filled with sorrow over Kay's death, and now we had this awful mess to deal with. We arose the next morning with a call from John's brother, Jim, to say that their 91 year old mother had just passed.

Needless to say, we were on overload. We decided that I alone would fly to Chicago to attend Kay's funeral. John would stay with the boat to deal with the water issues and care for our cat and dog that are with us. John's mom's service will be 11/3. We plan to have our boat there by then.

On a brighter note, because of the delay to the start of our cruise south, we were able to attend the Annapolis Boat Show. It was an interesting, fun event. Since our "little tug"  is currently for sale in Annapolis, we put it in the show. There was lots of interest and traffic, but the offers are not pouring in :-( Yesterday, we drove back to Annapolis to pull the little tug out of the water for the winter. If not sold by 11/12, we will ship it back to Texas on a truck.

This afternoon, we got a call on the VHF radio from the NAVY. We were asked to divert our track,as they were doing live ammo drills in our vicinity. We complied and told them to let us know if we were off their suggested track. They replied "not to worry" as many pairs of eyes were focused on us.

A highlight today is our marina. We are staying at the Dennis Point Marina on the St. Mary's River. It is gorgeous...situated on 50 heavily wooded acres. We took a long walk among the trees with their fall foliage. Dorsey loves this place with lots of good and close dog walking areas.

A GOOD DAY!