2011-10-16 - to Solomons Island, MD
We decided that this morning, we would take another run towards Solomons Island. We started this trek a few day ago. Actually, from St. Michaels on the 13th. We headed out from St. Michaels and, because the wind direction was right on our nose...so were the waves. We decided to turn into Cambridge. It was about a 2.5 hour detour to Cambridge, but it was worth it. Today, however, we decided just to push through and get there. The Chesapeake Bay is a great spot for many different anchorages, but, they are within 1 to 3 hours off of the main channels..so, you really have to plan it. The waves were, indeed, against us today. Water was spraying over the bow most of the trip. We were all great though. The boys seemed unaffected by it all. I was in and out most of the day, but they quite enjoyed and for the most part didn't even notice that water was running over the windows above their head. We pulled into Solomons Island finally at 5:30pm. It was a very busy area for boats. Lot of local marinas and a good representation of cruising boats sat in the anchorages that run all along the creek. We squeezed ourselves in and turned off the motors. We finally made it! Connor decided that he wanted to sleep in the cockpit in his hammock. We thought it would only be a whim and he would be back in his bed within the hour. The wind was howling through the canvas, but he managed to rock himself to sleep and remained there until the morning! So, we are now quite excited about the progress. From here it could be only 2 days to Norfolk and then into the intercoastal. I am really looking forward to easy motoring.
We decided that this morning, we would take another run towards Solomons Island. We started this trek a few day ago. Actually, from St. Michaels on the 13th. We headed out from St. Michaels and, because the wind direction was right on our nose...so were the waves. We decided to turn into Cambridge. It was about a 2.5 hour detour to Cambridge, but it was worth it. Today, however, we decided just to push through and get there. The Chesapeake Bay is a great spot for many different anchorages, but, they are within 1 to 3 hours off of the main channels..so, you really have to plan it. The waves were, indeed, against us today. Water was spraying over the bow most of the trip. We were all great though. The boys seemed unaffected by it all. I was in and out most of the day, but they quite enjoyed and for the most part didn't even notice that water was running over the windows above their head. We pulled into Solomons Island finally at 5:30pm. It was a very busy area for boats. Lot of local marinas and a good representation of cruising boats sat in the anchorages that run all along the creek. We squeezed ourselves in and turned off the motors. We finally made it! Connor decided that he wanted to sleep in the cockpit in his hammock. We thought it would only be a whim and he would be back in his bed within the hour. The wind was howling through the canvas, but he managed to rock himself to sleep and remained there until the morning! So, we are now quite excited about the progress. From here it could be only 2 days to Norfolk and then into the intercoastal. I am really looking forward to easy motoring. 
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