Day 8 or 9 - South River to Baltimore

Yesterday we anchored out in Harness Creek off of the South River.  Harness Creek is a quiet anchorage just on the outskirts of Annapolis.  I say quiet, which is probably true most days, but on Sunday afternoon it was anything but quiet.  Everyone with a motor boat was in the creek, plus there is a park that rents kayak’s and those stand up paddle boards.  We figured they would be gone by 4:00 or 5:00, so we found a spot and joined in the party.

 

Our “rhythm” is developing.  We are almost wide awake at 5:30 AM, as soon as the sun comes up.  And we’re ready to go.  This is a good thing because we can get 5 or 6 hours of cruising in the morning and then find a place to stay early in the afternoon.  Then comes lunch and the nap.  Not a bad rhythm.  At this rate we will reach New York by the start of the football season.

Today the forecast was small craft advisory for wind and 3 foot seas.  Looking out our porthole it was calm, so we decided to “stick our nose out”.  Sticking your nose out is a nautical phrase invented by Bernie and Carol Roth (our other boat mentors).  It means to go out into open water and see how much you rock.  But by then it’s too late to go back.  But today there was no wind and there were no 3 foot seas.  It was a calm ride up to Baltimore in 1 foot seas to the Inner Harbor Marina.

Two days in Baltimore and a ball game.  Then we’ll go to the north end of the Chesapeake and the C&D canal.