We left Solomons Island on Saturday from Calverts Marina
after spending two days provisioning and touring in Ken and Francie’s car that
they leave at Francie’s sister home in Mill Creek. It was cold and windy, so it was nice to be
in a warm car, warm stores and warm restaurants. Bill said it was fun to drive again. It was wonderful to meet Susie and Frank,
Francie’s sister and brother-in-law, whom we had heard so much about.
While we were in Solomons Island, we met another boat from
Ohio that was headed south. They
followed us out of the dock Saturday AM and into Reedville, Virginia. We are in Fairport Marina in Reedsville. What a wonderful place for us to be. When I called for dockage, they said just
pull up anywhere you want. Once docked,
Bill and April were greeted at the marina office by the friendliest residents
who run the marina and a restaurant and who love animals. April was invited to run free around the
marina and was welcome into the restaurant.
She also was welcomed by a male puppy Golden Retriever. They ran and played and just had the best
time, something April really needed. We
ate dinner at the restaurant along with April and her new puppy friend
Peanut. I thought of Ken – we had
steamed shrimp to die for, fresh, fresh.
This is a fishing village. We met
a couple of sailors from Annapolis headed to Marathon, FL who had been to Maine
and on to Nova Scotia in the ‘70’s. They
had some wonderful stories to tell about sailing with their dog. Of
course, April befriended them and their guests. What a people dog she has turned out to be!
Sunday is a big wind day once again, 28 knts. We decided to sit tight once again as much as
we just want to move. Being safe is
sometimes hard. Anyway, we did all the
boat chores in the morning and showers aboard.
There is no wifi, phone coverage.
April discovered goats in the marina owner’s yard that had somehow
broken out of their fenced in yard. Yeah,
that was a circus. We indulged in the
shrimp again for lunch plus crab bisque that was so yummy we purchase some for
tomorrow’s dinner. Then we took up the
offer of use of the truck from Peanut’s owner, a server at the restaurant and
kindergarten teacher who was just the best young person, and drove to the
Dollar stores to purchase a couple of books.
Bill’s Kindle quit yesterday. We
filled the water tanks and are ready to head out to Hampton Roads tomorrow, we
hope.
November 11th, Veterans Day
Thank you military personnel for serving our country!
6:30 a.m. we left Reedsville under a beautiful sunrise. It was around 45 degrees all day. The wind blew around 12 knots and the tide
was giving us a push in the morning. The
wind was at our stern so we had following seas and had to work at the helm – no
auto pilot in the morning. However, by
mid afternoon the wind came around and died down but we kept our tide almost
all the way to Hampton Roads. We were
met at the dock by a fellow cruiser, one we met in Solomons Island. We knew the day would come when we would have
to back into a slip in order to get April on and off the boat. Well, this was the day. We made it with some maneuvering, but it
wasn’t pretty. It was kind of like a
Chinese fire drill. We pull bow in, note
we can’t get April off the boat, pull out swing around, redress the boat for a
back in, run around with lines for cleats, lines for poles and spring
lines, Whew! Anyway, we are here for a couple of days to
visit with Harrie and Pati in Williamsburg.
It likes like our window to move on is Thursday – here we come Dismal
Swamp!
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