Leaving Annapolis

Late August 2019

I don’t know if it was the trip, or the slow realization that our time here was coming to a close, or a little of the residual lobster reaction for me, but we crashed hard once we got back to the boat. We slept 10-12 hours a day, with generous naps in the afternoon, and little accomplished while we were awake other than watching the bay.

After almost a week of that the looming deadline of our departure became too much, and we started making lists and trying to complete at least small tasks. For days the list kept getting longer instead of shorter. The picture below shows all the engine heat exchanger zincs since it was replaced. One of these things is not like the others.

We had initially planned on going to St. Michaels on our way down because of our aborted attempt on our way up, and that saved us (or at least me). We were supposed to leave on Monday for StM, but between our list and such we barely made our departure the following Friday, heading straight down to Solomons after an 18 hour day before and little sleep that night (for us, anyway). Below was our last Annapolis sunrise.

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