Oct 7- 12 And we're off! Down the Bay

Oct 7
We arrived in Rock Hall and loaded the boat with supplies. Food, beer and wine, clothes, spare parts…

Carol's clothes for the next 7 months

Bob had to dive on the propellor to replace our zinc. This sacrificial zinc saves the prop and shaft from corrosion and must be changed periodically.

Bob is a real DIY-er!

We pulled away from the dock! But first we needed to "pump out". Boats have a holding tank, which is where all the pee and poop from the toilet goes. Then you "pump out" when full at a marina. So, we pulled up and started the process. Suddenly, there was a backfire or something and Carol is covered head to toe in holding tank contents.  There was a lot of foul language used!! She hosed off with cold water on the dock then had to take a real hot shower. Ugggggh!!!! Disgusting!!!!

No picture of this!

Finally left and motored to the South River.

Back at Sea

Had a nice cookout and relaxing evening after Carol's traumatic event.

Oct 8

The bay was like a lake today, so we decided to take advantage of this and motor sailed 72 miles all the way past the Potomac to the Great Wicomico River and Mill Creek. A 12 hour journey. Saw our first pelicans. They are so fun to watch!

Saw sunrise over Thomas Point Light

And sunset in Mill Creek

Oct 9

Started out of Great Wicomico. What a difference a day makes!  Very windy with huge waves right in our face! We didn't make much progress so we turned back and returned to the calm Mill Creek anchorage. Reentering the creek we came upon a pod of dolphins feeding.

Oct 10
Motor sailed to Jackson Creek on the Piankatank River in Deltaville, VA.
Rough seas behind us and following winds.

Met up with our friends Bill and Ken on Tamarak and Dave and Cherie on Blue Sky who will

travel with us for awhile.

Oct 11

On to Portsmouth! Norfolk is a challenging place to get through, so much commercial and military traffic on the water.

We tied up at the ferry dock in Portsmouth. This is right downtown.

Pepromenon in front

Across from us was docked a cruise ship named "The World". Google told us this is a unique resident owned boat.   There are 165 apartments onboard and the ship travels around the world! Some people live onboard full-time and others come and go. Interesting idea!

The World cruise ship

We returned to The Commodore Theatre for dinner and a movie. A beautifully restored theatre. Food and drink are ordered from a phone at your table.  We saw "The Intern".  

Our group 

Bob ordering dinner.