This morning we left Hampton Public Pier at 7:10 with "Runaround Sue" and stopped for fuel at Bluewater Marina just down from where we had been for better than a week. We got away from that dock at 7:50 A.M. and headed out to the Chesapeake. The waves were supposed to be 1 to 2 feet high. We got out there and there were 3 to 4 feet high waves. We had laid down everything that typically falls in rough water. However, my shoebox size recipe box fell in the sink and some of them got wet. All of them were in the wrong order, so they had to be refiled alphabetically and according to type of food. Our AGLCA flag and flagpole came off, but it landed on the front deck and was saved. Closet doors were clanging open and closed and John had to bungee cord them together. It was rough enough that we didn't think we should eat anything until we were anchored for the night. The spray reached all the way up to the flying bridge.
We went about 50 miles to an anchorage at Fishing Bay which is near Deltaville. We were situated by 2:00 and Norm and Sue came over for Happy Hour at 4:00. It was a sad Happy (oxymoron) Hour because this is our last night together. Tomorrow, Norm and Sue are going up the Potomac to a harbor for a month. They plan on playing around on the Chesapeake all summer, heading to the Keys for the winter, and eventually going back to N. Fort Myers, FL. We, on the other hand, are continuing the Loop. We are heading for the C & D Canal and then going out in the ocean at Cape May to New York Harbor, about 150 miles. We are going to miss our boat mates, but we will stay in touch and get together over Christmas at the very least.
The windshield with the spray on the flyin bridge.
52 foot high Wolf Trap Light.
Norm and Sue anchored beside us. The other boat came around and checked out all of the anchored boats.
We are anchored in front of this gorgeous house.
Tomorrow is supposed to be 1 foot high. We hope the prediction is right.
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