Day 332, Tuesday May 20th – 10 more sleeps
Well we wake up to a cold morning as we get going. We bundle up, and get the coffee on.
We set sail out of Solomon Island at 6:00 a.m. and the winds
stayed with us for about 3 hours, but then died off as anticipated. We were surprised we even got 3 hours of
sailing in. Today’s journey to Annapolis
is in 2 parts as we anchor near the naval academy around 1:00 to watch the Blue
Angels practice session for tomorrows air show.
The Severn River which we will then take up to Brad and Laura’s house is
closed until 4:00 as a safety precaution during the flights.
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| Leaving Solomon Is. Lots of boats here. |
Once again we have been welcomed to use Brad and Laura
Sitler’s dock and house to “get organized”.
Brad and Laura are friends of a friend of Dawson’s from University. They welcomed us and treated us wonderfully
last fall when we passed through. What
wonderful people! Thanks!
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| Freighter Georgia Hwys that called us to make sure there was room to pass |
As we plod along, Dawson makes some calls to organize our
plans, he books our haul out, and our U-haul so plans for living off the boat
are becoming a reality. We are hoping to
make Canada the 31st so we can attend our son Ross’s season opener
for the 1500m race.
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| Blue Angels in formation F-18's |
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| Blue Angels with schooner from "The Wedding Crashers" in front |
The haul out is occurring in Annapolis where Jazzebelle will
be listed for sale. Our amazing
adventure is 10 days from finishing.
That however opens the door for the next adventure. Already Julie is combing the travel guides
for our next destination although it will be more a short vacation.
We make good time getting to Annapolis around 1:00 as
planned, still 7 hours at the wheel doing only 6-7 miles an hour, listening to
the motor for 4 of those hours. Today is
potentially our last opportunity to “sail” on Jazzebelle. We are hoping to go out for a sail on Monday,
but will have to see what the weather is like.
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| Boats anchored with Blue Angels in the background |
The air show is neat to watch. There are hundreds of boats anchored. Most of them with dinky little ropes holding
what may or may not be a suitable anchor.
It is all during daylight and temporary so not an issue. The show lasts about 2 hours and then we
doddle as the river we need to access is closed for a while longer. Finally we decide we have delayed long enough
and head up the Severn. We need to weave
around some party boats that are doddling even longer than us. The trip up the Severn is uneventful. Quite a bit of traffic all going our way, and
after almost an hour we are all tied up to the Sitler’s dock. No one is home to say hello to so we just
cook dinner and make plans for tomorrow, then off to bed.
Cheers
Julie and Dawson
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