Sailing with Friends....

No question we have been busy this past week...an enjoyable busy...sailing with friends. Paul picked up friends with our "car" (Little Bit - the dingy) after they flew in from Fort Lauderdale. After a brief walk around Annapolis...and a quiet wind night... off we sailed across the Bay.

This is Bloody Point Lighthouse off of the eastern shore. Now, while smaller, lighter boats with lighter weight sails can sail the Chesapeake even in the lightest of winds...for the Lady H it takes "real" wind to sail. We were in luck as not only was it a beautiful sunny day, the wind for being on the Chesapeake could not have been better. We had a wonderful sail over to St Michael's. Yet, there will always be moments of motor sailing...
Once we anchored at St Michaels I continued with the pictures...this is a shot of the Maritime Museum from the boat. The boats are the old kind with wooden masts...they are called Skipjacks and had to sail while dragging pots on the bottom of the Bay for Oysters.
This is a re-creation of a very popular type of lighthouse around the Bay. Looking from the dingy dock to the Maritime Museum.

Part of the Maritime Museum...The Lady H at anchor in St. Michael's Bay.

Looking at St Michael's from the Lady H....

Would it be...well, can I say...we have our "ducks" in a row??? At least my children will (should) appreciate my humor???

Sunset over St. Michaels....It seems that even at St Michael's the sailor's come out after school or work...but I was after more than the sailing....the reflections?

A "cattle" boat....Paul's words...a boat with beautiful sails...giving us a great view as we left St Michael's on our way to the SSCA Gam.

This was the location of the GAM. A meeting of the Seven Seas Cruising Association. A YMCA camp on the Rhode River.We were joined by other friends there....Paul enjoyed the Diesel presentation....

The grounds were very nice...

Another sunset from the Lady H...at anchor...really a beautiful anchorage...Paul would say...50 some boats at anchor and because they were all "cruisers"...there was no "evening entertainment"...except of course that which we made ourselves....renamed "snake"...On our way back up the Severn River...we passed the most photographed lighthouse on the Chesapeake....Thomas Point Lighthouse.So as our week with Paul's "old" friend and his wife concluded...we went back to Chase Creek...a place that they had found and enjoyed together four years ago...Another view of Chase Creek....You may recognize that this is the creek that we have been going up for bad weather (such as Hanna)...and that we have enjoyed...on quiet days as well.

Another look at Chase Creek....then to the "wall" in Annapolis. We had a wonderful week of renewing and enjoying friendship and sailing...playing Mexican Train Dominos (now known as Snake)...learning a new language such as...subtall (subtle)...malle (mall)...and....marsh incinerator (more on that later). We are hoping/planning that the Carribean will be our next rendezvous!!!