Oct. 1, 2008 Annapolis, MD

The city harbor at Annapolis is always fun to walk around. It was less crowded than when we were here last summer but there were still boats and people from around the world. The fall boat show will be here next weekend so the streets will be crowded. We will be heading for Hampton, Virginia tomorrow and we plan to make it in three days about 50 miles between anchorages.

While walking through the Naval Academy we took this picture of a monument dedicated to submariners. While waiting for weather windows we have been reading a lot of books we have been able to pick up at marinas or used books stores etc. An interesting one on submarine warfare is Blind Man's Bluff by Sontag and Drew regarding the cold war skirmishes.

This is such a beautiful chapel. The stained glass windows are stunning and all relate to "the sea". Underneath the chapel is the crypt for Davey Jones. I took a picture of the ornate crypt but it is rather dark and does not show the details of the ornate crypt.

We rode our dingy from Weems creek, where we have been at anchor, to the Severn River and took pictures of the Naval Academy from the waterfront.

This picture was taken a week ago while were were in Georgetown, MD just south of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. The dock master at the marina told us that this replica 18th century ship is a summer "experience" for the children in the area and used to teach about the exploration of the Chesapeake Bay by Captain John Smith.

While sailing up the Delaware Bay we had several container ships and freighters following us up the channel as the tides and currents were favorable for the northbound journey. We saw many of these freighters at anchor while we started heading north into the bay at day break and by 11 a.m. they started up the bay and passed us along the way.

While traveling in the Chesapeake we meet many Tugs and Barges. These tugs have high tower like structures so when they are "pushing a barge" vs pulling one, they can see over the barge.

This picture was taken at sun rise while we were headed down the Atlantic Coast off of New Jersey. It was a cool damp morning but by 10 a.m. the sun warmed us up and the layers of clothes came off and we only had a few fair weather clouds during the day.