Now small storms were rolling through every couple days.
Some of the sunrises were impressive, especially when the air was just a little bit chilly.
Another task was swapping out the engine heat exchanger zinc again. Despite the same length of time in service, this one was barely touched, unlike the one before, which was almost entirely eaten away. This implies that these differences are not so much the boat's intrinsic corrosion rate, but influenced heavily by its electrical environment, like poor grounding on the power pedestals promoting corrosion. Electricity and water don't mix, but very few marinas have done everything possible to make it as safe as possible. This is why you should never swim in marinas, because most of them have some loose electrical current swirling around. Well, one of the reasons why. Of course swimming around in marinas is the hull cleaners job, highlighting why it's worth over a hundred bucks for an hour or so's work.
One day the little beach had a horseshoe crab. Hard to think these things were here before the dinosaurs and outlasted them. I doubt they think we're an improvement. They really are freaky looking. I'm sure they think the same.
It seems a little late in the year for it, but there is a new crop of ducks that makes the marina rounds at least once every day.
This really is one of my favorite views. I'm glad we stumbled upon this marina. The bridge in the background is the last one to cross the Chesapeake, leaving the tunnels around Norfolk the only place south of here to cross to the eastern shore. But Norfolk is 150 miles south as the crow flies, and more than 200 by road. It explains why the eastern shore has kept its rural nature while on the other side has the northeast megalopolis extending from DC to Boston.
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