Out of There

Still Pond
N 39 19.975 W 076 08.521

Things went fine in Baltimore until about 02:00 last night. We were woken by a bunch of loudmouth drunks, and kept awake for about an hour until they passed out. I think that the drunks came from the power boat that was tied up on the wall in front of us.

This morning we got a treat from the Starbucks coffee shop 300 feet away. After that we decided that we had no more things to do in the morning and that we definitely didn't want to stay in Baltimore another night. So we left about 09:00.

As we sailed out of the harbor Libby and I both had the same thought at the same time. (It's funny how often that happens to two people who have been together for 45 years.) We thought, "Well. We are very glad that we visited Baltimore, but we are also glad that there is no reason to ever do that again."

Around 15:30 today we dropped the hook in Still Pond on the eastern shore after a pleasant sail and motor over here. As typical for the Chesapeake in summer, we had wind for a while and no wind for a while.

This place is much more to our liking than any city. I like Still Pond because it is a great place to jump overboard for a swim. The water felt great and tasted great (no salt up here). We visited Still Pond last year with my son Dave and grandson Bobby. They took the dinghy exploring and got caught out in a violent thunderstorm.

Next, our thoughts go toward making the passage from Cape May to New York City. Preliminarily, Tue-Wed-Thu next week sound like possible days.