Weather is always first and foremost in our plans. The tropical storm we were tracking into Hurricane Noah which was heading up north so we decided to wait out the weather in the secluded protected bay of Mill Creek off Solomon Island. Although the weather forecast described 15-20 foot waves on the ocean and at the mouth of the Chesapeake and gusts of wind up to 60 mph, it was relatively quiet where we were. We spent 4 days there. The only drawback was that the trip into town was a 20-25 minute dinghy ride and it was pretty rough near the mouth of the entrance into Solomon Island. While in town we stocked up on groceries, took showers and took in the sights. Oh yes, the there was a second drawback, no Wifi!
Here is Chad on his mast spreaders putting up Hallowe'en anchor lights.
We spent Hallowe’en there and started out our evening, in costume, first on Ray and Irene’s boat where we had appetizers. Then onto our boat for hot dogs and the rest of the munchies. Everyone brought their own drinks and we had a great time!
Here he is!!!!!
The next night we went to Peter and Sue’s boat for dessert and lots of laughs. Peter spent three months loading up his ipod and we were entertained by fabulous tunes and a great stereo system. Chad and LeeAnn brought their movies and we borrowed some to watch and we did a book and magazine exchange.
Hearing all that great music on Peter’s boat makes me realize how much I miss listening to music. I never knew much about ipods and watching LeeAnn with her ipod, it looks pretty easy to operate.
We had lots of time to do all the little things that somehow you never get to when you're on the go all the time. Here Roman is up on the mast fixing the spreader lights. I actually winched him up in the bosun's chair. I debated about leaving him up there but he promised me whatever I wanted so I let him down.
Chad found time to sing a song or two.
I found time to bomb around in our dinghy.
Ray had time for some acrobatics.
On our last day in Solomon Island, it was still pretty choppy so we all loaded onto Cambyration and Chad sailed all of us into the bay opposite the Holiday Inn. We then went by dinghy to the Holiday Inn Dock, paid our $2.00 docking fee and spent a great day in town. We stocked up on groceries and Old Bay shrimp, did laundry and had really hot showers. Old Bay is a Chesapeake seasoning which we have really enjoyed.
Finally the weather on Chesapeake Bay seemed fine. We heard that there was snow in Maine. That made our 50-60 degree days seem tropical by comparison. The nights have been chilly but we are snug and warm under our covers at night and the insulation that Roman put in the boat keeps the boat warm. The winter jackets that we packed have remained packed as well as the warm sweaters. Hopefully we will not need them at all!
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