today we are staging ourselves for an exciting antisipation of annie and jason coming out to visit! they were somewhere near chicago when we called this afternoon. we are crossing the water of the bay to get somewhere closer to annapolis, so that when they come it will be easier for them to meet us. we tried to sail it today. according to noaa (national oceanographic and atmospheric administration, the weather dudes) we were supposed to have north north west winds from 10-15mph, shifting to the east as the day progressed. ha! the wind pretty much took the day off. we made something like 8 miles in so many hours. mind you, we don't mind sitting still on the water, but if we were to sail around the world at today's speeds it would take us at least 20 years of continuous sailing. we had to motor quite a bit at the end. all in all it was 12 hours of sailing and motoring today for 29 miles. i hope jase and annie are moving a bit faster, in spite of chicago traffic ; )
now we're tucked away in a spot with sweet little, forested islands around us. we have several sailboat neighbors. we think some folks took the week off for the fourth of july.
snug. sun drenched. tired.
good night.
oh yeah! we had a skater gliding right beside us today while under sail! beautiful! look up skaters on chesapeake bay in wikipedia. they're a form of a sea ray.
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