We traveled about 5 hours today, north northeast, into the C&D (Chesapeake and Delaware) Canal, and we're now anchored for the night outside of Chesapeake City, MD.
Back on Zingara, we experienced an unforgettable evening-cruise down-river to the GM building for a live concert, with FABULOUS new friends! Laura & Josh Hevron, Rick, Steve & Kate Long Kim & Cap'n Rick Always smiling, Jessie Hornberger Arriving at the GM Building Unfortunately, while dropping the anchor, I injured two fingers, and that cut the evening short. I can’t even begin to thank the levelheaded, calm friends that surrounded me that night! They made what-could-have-been a disaster, into an organized, effective training for what to do in case of an accident. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! As the hand-surgery healed, we hosted an Open Hour on Zingara, for our Pontiac Yacht Club friends! During these past two months, we really appreciated this opportunity to meet such fantastic new friends, and to reconnect with “old” ones! But, now it was time to move on, before it gets too cold here in ...
Wake up! It's Game Day! Our little caravan set off to travel down the IntraCoastal Waterway (ICW) following the Alligator River. We l eft the docks at 6:45, and caught the 7:00 Swing Bridge. We're the little blue dot, @ 7:10 AM. We were all looking forward to a long day, full of easy travel, bright sunshine and college football, hoping to reach Oriental in 8-1/2 hours (4:30ish) ; Sally and Shawn listened to the MSU vs OSU game, starting at noon (Shawn showed us how to listen to the game on Iheartradio.com) and Rick cheered on UofM against the Rutgers at 3:30 Meanwhile, Mary had found a great restaurant in Oriental that promised to be showing the Clemson/Boston College Game---- as Bill is a huge Clemson Fan. We made it to Oriental (almost 90 miles) by 5, and got to enjoy the sunset at the Oriental Marina and Inn. We enjoyed a fair meal at the Toucan Restaurant, but mainly just relaxed and enjoyed each others' company...
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