Day 2-166 resting at Corinthian Yacht Club

We have made pretty good use of our rest day Corinthian Yacht Club in Ridge, Maryland. Even the Admiral slept in this morning... However, sleeping in is something of a relative term for the Admiral since she is usually an early riser.

This morning we launched the dinghy and took a tour up two of the 4 or so creeks that come together here to flow into the Potomac River.

There were several pretty homes with cherry trees still in bloom. We passed three small marinas as well as at least two docks with commercial crab boats. Overall, the area is not very populated, and most of our views were of forested shoreline.

The second (and final) picture for today is the view of Lucky Us docked at the end of a row of covered slips. When we reloaded the dingy, we took the opportunity to have her facing the opposite direction when loaded on the davits. We continue to "tinker" with the set up, and each time it usually gets a little better. While the cover was off the dingy, the Admiral sewed up a seam where the thread had rotted (?) and torn. Fortunately, it was just the thread breaking rather than the fabric tearing. The "little" sewing machine that she bought for the boat just continues to amaze us with what it can sew...

The weather today was pretty good. You can see the relatively blue sky in both pictures. We were more concerned about the predicted winds for today and tomorrow. The prediction for this afternoon was for 15 to 20 mph winds with stronger gusts. This would have generated waves up to 4 feet high out on the Chesapeake Bay, which is why we chose to stay in port today. We are not in a position to see the Bay so we could not tell about the waves, but at the relatively protected yacht club, the winds were light at 5+ mph.  A predicted front did come through in the early evening with some small thunderstorms.

The predictions for tomorrow are for 10 to 15 mph wind in the morning and for the wind to die down to about 5 mph by mid afternoon. If that prediction holds over night, we will probably start out into Chesapeake Bay early tomorrow morning. Even with all of the forecasts available to us, some times you just have to stick your nose out there to see what the weather is really like...