Washington Bound

The Potomac River
N 37 58 W 076 20

Well, I took the plunge and reserved a slip at the Gangplank Marina in downtown Washington D.C. for the whole month of June. It's expensive. Rental for the slip will cost us almost $700 for the month. That's a lot more than we like to spend. On the other hand, we'll get a lot. A hotel room near that location for the month of June would cost $6,000 to $18,000!

So we're looking forward to having a lot of fun. We'll be near a metro station. Between that and the city buses, we can go anywhere in the DC area. It is hard to think of any other place were there are so many things to do. Part of the fun will be a weekend visit from our son John and his family, Cheryl, Nick, Sara, Katelyn and Victoria. Seeing kids and grand-kids is a special treat for us.

Right now though, we're on the first day of a 3 day cruise to get to DC. This morning we sailed down the Rappahonack River, up Chesapeake Bay and in to the Potomac River and the state of Maryland. The weather is excellent, and the forecasts for the next two days call for more fine weather. Life is good.

We just passed a school of rays (sting rays?) in the water. There were 5 of them, swimming close together. I never saw rays before except in the shallow waters close to shore.