We survived the Potomac - May 20, 2007

Hello All -

Yesterday, we left Deltaville, VA - finally - and traveled up the Chesapeake to Solomans, MD. The weather was questionable when we left but we all (5 boats) had a bit of the "let's get going syndrome". We had been in Deltaville for too many days waiting for the perfect day. The water was not too bad until we crossed the 18 mile entrance to the Potomac River. We were in a washing machine - to say the least. We had waves crashing over the top of the boat. We were in no danger but were not having any fun.

We had no damage on the boat to speak of - one of the tachometers is not working correctly and one of the straps broke that holds the dingy. Several of the other boats did not fair so well - but nothing that can't be fixed. It did take a while to clean up the mess inside the boat. Again, nothing broken except a light bulb. Interesting - the lamp, which I had put on the floor, was still standing but the bulb was broken. Actually, a bottle of water fell on it - the bottle was cut by the glass so we had water and broken glass everywhere. And we got the drain in sink in one of the heads all cleaned out. Stuff, and that is a nice word for it, was everywhere, from the floor to the ceiling. Imagine the force it took to do that!

Today, we are back in a holding pattern. Tomorrow doesn't look too bad, so if that holds, we'll head north to the Patapsco River that leads to Baltimore. We'll leave the boat there and fly home for about 10 days. Looking forward to seeing our family and friends.

See you out there somewhere . . .
Bob & Ann