Three weeks later

We're now pleasantly anchored in the York River just a fast dinghy ride to Yorktown. While munching on French fries at a waterfront diner, I realized it has been three weeks since we set off on this adventure - and Milford/Stratford seems awfully far away in time and distance - much more than just 3 weeks and 400 miles. 

In our three weeks, we've visited or overnighted at the following communities:

1) Northport, NY

2) Port Washington, NY

3) Barnegut Inlet, NJ

4) Atlantic City, NJ

5) Chesapeake City, MD

6) Rock Creek, MD

7) Baltimore, MD

8) Annapolis, MD

9) St. Michaels, MD

10) Solomon Island, MD

11) Tangier Island, VA

12) Irvington, VA

13) Yorktown, VA

Stay clear! Bombing and strafing practice area in the middle of the Chesapeake

The girls "shower" on the back of the boat. Clothing became optional later...

Twilight in Tangier (Island)

Early morning wake-up call. Crabbing/oyster boats head out at dawn in Irvington.

Some of these were brief nibbles and others were more satisfying fare. We have bypassed hundreds if not thousands of other places just here in the Chesapeake. The fractal shores of this bay hide an ever-changing panoply of waterside communities. The extensive list actually makes it harder for us to figure out what we're going to do next - how do we decide? We have to research a dozen to find "the one best". I guess it is a good problem to have.

Given we've already created a long list of places and memories in just 3 weeks, it makes me wonder what the next 3 months will bring. Our pace will slow down in the next month as we settle in one place or the other for days at a time - something we haven't really done except in Annapolis. I'm looking forward to that and hopefully more sailing instead of motoring.

Today, as we were coming over to Yorktown (motoring), we saw our first pod of dolphins. About a dozen, and a few swam over to us to play in our bow wave. The moment didn't last long, but the brief contact with beings that seem to express such joy in their surroundings as they wander the watery world reminds us to do the same in our journey.

Our slippery cousins come play with us

Unfortunately, we reached Yorktown at the same time as our government reached a crisis and shut down the government. Of course, this impacts the historical places we were hoping to visit as national parks are closed. We're not sure exactly what we can still get into, but we'll figure that out tomorrow. 

Yorktown and a schooner from the past