All Aboard WishBone

Wednesday, October 23rd

We left Cape May on Monday very early to catch a low tide for us to go under the 55' bridges.  We held our breath, but made the bridge at a marked 55.5 feet.  Since our mast needs 54 ft. with our antennae we made it with a little to spare under both bridges.  The tide gave us a push through the Cape May  canal, all the way up Delaware Bay and halfway through the C&D canal.  It was a sunny, warm, calm sea day - fabulous.  Tuesday we were up and ready to take on the Chespeake, however our recurring charging problems showed its ugly face again.  We headed for the Tidewater Marina in Havre de Grace, Maryland on the western shore of the Chespeake where we hope to have our problem solved time being of the essence.  It is getting cold now and we need to be further south.  Thank goodness for Tricia and Ed's warm clothing gifts and Bill and Geoff's diesel heater installation!

April continues to be the perfect boat dog.  She rests while we are running until she knows we are near land, in the canals, etc.  Then she sits up and watches the happenings.  She also has figured out when we are anchoring, docking, or mooring and is very interested in the happenings then too - she will be out on the deck with me, but very good about staying out of the way.  Her favorite onshore pastime is chasing the squirrels and rabbits.