We've had quite a few hitch-hikers in the last couple days :) A butterfly, grasshopper, dragonfly, and bat have all ridden along with us. The bat even crossed a state line.
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| Camera gets foggy when changing from air conditioning to hot and humid outdoors. Must store it in a better location. |
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| This guy rode on the dodger cover. |
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| Dragonfly |
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| When we unfurled the headsail on Sunday morning, a bat fell into the water :( and another one flew around and around the boat until he decided to land on the mainsail. |
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| He creeped along the bottom of the mainsail....... |
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| ......until he found a dark place to hide in the sail track in the boom. He left sometime before morning and hopefully found new friends in Maryland (he most likely came from Kilmarnock, Virginia). |
We've made our way back to Herrington Harbour North in Tracy's Landing, Maryland, where you might remember we purchased
Virginia Dare in September. We'll hang out here for a couple weeks as we tackle some routine maintenance. We'll definitely capitalize on "good wind" days and sail around the bay using this as our home base for a little while.
If you follow us on Facebook, you will have seen this post already:
31 weeks ago, on December 13th, we set sail from Herrington Harbour North in Tracy's Landing, MD. Last night (July 19th), we docked right back there with 3,073 nautical miles under the hull (that's 3,536 statute miles). We'll be here for a little while to do some routine maintenance and then decide where to go next. As David said, "We came back with all of our fingers and toes!" I guess Round One was a success :)
Another small victory is that we traveled to the tropics and -- knock on wood -- never had any bugs or,
heaven forbid, rodents move aboard. Everyone has an opinion or suggestion about food storage, cleaniness, galley tips, etc, when you're in that climate. We digested all that we'd read and heard, kept the boat
SUPER clean, and smartly stored our food. Also, since bay leaves are purported to be natural bug repellents, we put a single leaf in every cupboard that may contain food or come in contact with food (pots, pans, dishes).
So, we're hanging out in the Chesapeake Bay for a little while. Here are some scenes from our last few days:
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| Three freighters at anchor near Cape Charles, Virginia. |
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| Smith Point Lighthouse at the mouth of the Potomac River |
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| Lots of traffic in the shipping channel. This tug was pushing the barge south. |
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| Point No Point Lighthouse between Cove Point and Smith Point on the western Chesapeake |
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| Sunday afternoon regatta off the Patuxent River |
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