We know we have gone full circle when we run into fellow boaters we first met in Cape May last fall, all of us headed home. Craig, Amy and their lab Willow aboard Robin were already pulled into the dock at Chesapeake City before we arrived. We have been traveling the same course since pulling into marinas and anchorages trying to dodge and wait out bad weather. Both boats had a nasty run 2 days ago traveling up from Atlantic City.
4/11 MM 205 Morehead City, NC — Our first encounter with Will & Halcyon on Omhe 3, a Lyman Morse from Bath, ME who we travel with for 6 days.
4/12 MM 174 River Dunes Marina, NC — This was our second attempt to get to Oriental but there was a boat show going on and too windy to stay at the outer marina so we continued 8 miles up to River Dunes to join Ohme 3. This is a planned community that is still being developed but with a protected well run marina great for stormy weather.
4/13 MM 135 Forest River Marina, Belhaven, NC — 3 nights for another round of bad weather, getting up at 4 a.m. in sheets of rain for fender and line adjustment and on Ohme, a popped fender. We were both pinned to the windward side of the dock in 50+ mph of wind. Good opportunity later on to take the golf carts out shopping and dine at Spoon River on their first public opening night since recovering from last fall’s hurricanes.
4/16 MM 50 Coinjock, NC — Last night and meal before we parted ways with Ohme.
4/17 Into the Chesapeake to Salt Ponds Marina, Buckroe Beach, VA — Many bridge delays with a fallen telephone pole causing bridge closure, RR Bridge repair and passing trains on the next RR bridge.
4/18 Solomons Island, MD — We hoped to meet George here with his new puppy but didn't happen. We stayed 3 days anyway to visit the Calvert Marine Museum and avoid more wind.
4/21 Chesapeake City Dock, MD — Just an overnight in a convenient, beautiful spot where we reconnected with Robin.
4/22 Utsch’s Marina, Cape May, NJ — 2 days. One we thought for laundry but we got there before the plummer and the second for me to take a run down to South Meadows looking for birds I haven’t seen in months and possible migrants.
4/24 Atlantic City, NJ — Overnight anchored in the cove with Robin.
4/25 Barnegut Bay Area, NJ — Probably the worst run we have had for 7 months was coming up the NJ shore. We bailed at Barnegut Light to regroup and continued in the NJ ICW up to Manasquan.
