Day 1 

We were off the dock this morning at just about 7 a.m.  It was a beautiful morning with crisp air and a gentle breeze.  As we motored around the point and into Lankford Bay, we could feel the wind picking up a little bit, but at that point is was from behind so it didn’t bother us too much until we rounded Eastern Neck Island on the way to Kent Narrows.  If you weren’t  sitting down and below the wind screen, it was quite brisk. Temps in the morning when we woke up were in the low 40’s. So at 8:00 it wasn’t much warmer and with the wind, … chilly.  We made it through Kent Narrows without incident, and the bridge went up on demand, so no waiting.  I called the tender on the radio and he had the bridge up for us when we got there.  Didn’t even have to slow down.   The ride down Eastern Bay was without incident then into the Chesapeake.  Had the wind in our faces and a little chop on the Bay, then it got overcast and the wind picked up some more.  The chop got a little….choppier, and it was getting a little cool, so we opted to move below and operate from the lower helm station.  We did this for a couple hours, then the sun popped out again, the wind died down and the Bay smoothed out.  We went back up to the bridge and it was quite pleasant the rest of the day.  We are now in Mill Creek at Solomons Md.  Arriving sometime around 3:30 or 4:00.  The sun was getting lower on the horizon when we anchored.  Shorter days.  We still made it about 70 miles or so in around 7 hrs. and 30 mins. 

Until tomorrow.

The Morning Sun over Lankford Bay

Following another trawler into the Patuxent River as the sun started to get lower on the horizon