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Today was a sit around
and watch the weather day. I anticipated
the high winds when I picked this little cove for my hiding place and was
pleasantly surprised by the fact that I felt no wind at all. I had my anchor drag alarm on all night and
this morning, the traces on the GPS screen showed that the boat had wandered
around in a semi-circle all night but there were absolutely no waves. Out in the Bay, the winds were gusting to 25
knots and the waves were 3 to 4 feet.
The boat can handle that stuff but it is uncomfortable and I have the
time to spare. It was a beautiful sunny
day.
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| Moonlight over a home along the shore of my little cove |
I got up at around
6:30, fixed a chipped beef on toast (SOS) breakfast and spent the remainder of the
day completing little chores that had been neglected on the boat. I also got into a novel that took place along
the Ohio River on the eastern side of our state.
Toward the middle of
the afternoon, I put the little Honda 2.2 motor on Damn Dink Too and putted around the little cove and out into
the
Stutts river. There are a lot of nice
homes that line the shores. Our friend
Carole Groves commented that all shore front property is really expensive,
regardless where you are on the Bay.
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| One of the many nice homes near my mooring in the daylight |
That reminds me. Last evening I got a great email from Carole
discussing her experiences on Smith Island.
She also commented that she had grown up in Hampton, VA in the area
where I will be spending the next two nights.
I had to call her and suggest that she and her husband Jim could get
into their car on Sunday and drive to Hampton
and be my tour guide. It turns out that she has other obligations
but we did spend at least a half an hour talking about things in the area where
I am now moored and Hampton. It was
great getting to talk with her. She is
truly a wealth of information.
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| An adult and juvenile Black Backed Gull taking flight |
I fixed a pork chop and
mashed potatoes for my evening meal. A
glass of Black Box Merlot enhanced the canned dinner.
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| Second Wind at rest in a cove off of Hudgins Creek |
Tomorrow I will be
heading for Hampton. It’s about 33 miles
to the marina where our group is gathering so I will need to get underway in
plenty of time. The group leader
suggests that we arrive in the port during the daylight hours to avoid being
confused by the myriad of lights in and around the harbor. So, my goal is to get underway as close to
7:00 as the sunrise will allow. The
track out of Milford Haven is quite convoluted and mistakes land you on
extremely shallow shoals. The NOAA
weather marine forecast calls for falling winds and seas tonight so I should
have no problem making that destination by mid-afternoon.
Daylight is fading and
so am I. It is getting close to 9:00.
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