Like a moth to a flame

    Like a moth to a flame, the Delaware State Police followed us into our marina tonight. They stopped to ask where we were headed and I said "Cape May tomorrow, then on to Cleveland, Ohio". The lead patrolman said he has his boat docked at Cape May and recommended a marina and restaurant. He even said he was going down to his boat tomorrow and may see us there. 

                           Like a moth to a flame.

  We got out today at 9:30 after fueling up and emptying the holding tank. Our goal was to travel the balance of the Chesapeake Bay, half way across the C & D Canal, and arrive before 5:00 so we would have a dock hand to grab lines. We actually arrived at 4:57. I love it when a plan comes together.

  Cowboy dinner tonight, beans and steak. I grilled the steaks in the most versatile cooking utensil ever created, my electric fry pan.

We met Mike and Dawn at the marina last night. They toured "Whatever It Takes" and I gave Dawn a candle. This morning they surprised us with a delicious Apple Bundt cake before we left. A very good trade.

The Bay Bridge separating the upper and lower Chesapeake Bay.

The north end of the Chesapeake is much prettier than the south.

These lights are navigational aids. As you travel across large expanses of water, you line up the two lights and aim for them to keep you in the channel (and off the rocks).



This Panama ship is one of the ugliest I have seen. Its hard to tell the bow from the stern.



This is a crab pot. It has a chain or rope attached that leads to a crab trap on the sea bottom. These cables will get tangled in a boats props if you don't avoid them and cause all kinds of trouble. Walter became an expert crab pot dodger when he piloted the boat across the Albemarle Bay (there had to be more than 1,000 pots he weaved the boat past).

The entrance to the C &D Canal.

Boy is that an ugly specimen (the fish)



Like a moth to a flame.

A cowboy dinner. The steaks were grilled in my electric skillet.

For the girls