5.26.21. Crossed Long Island Sound up towards CT and the shore and found a mostly protected bay by Milford, CT to anchor.  Enjoyed a beautiful evening sunset while watching a sailboat race and the boats coming back to the harbor at sunset.  

5.25.21. Traveled up the East River to Port Washington.  Marisa and Karen went shopping at the Sample Store while Adam entertained Joe. Toured the bay to see the homes at HH.   Dinner at Louies seafood (our 2nd time).  Great food and good atmosphere. The next day M&A left and we hung around for the rest of the day and walked around town. 

5.24.21 Toured by the statute of Liberty again for more pictures and got to Liberty Landing in time to get the ferry to Lower Manhattan.  Walked around with Marisa and Adam, including the 911 Memorial, neighborhoods, parks, street entertainment (artist's celebrating Bob Dylans birthday) and some fun happy hour drinks. Met Kyrie & Ronald (Marisa's long term friend) for a walk on the Sky Walk, then  an excellent dinner in lower town and more touring around town.  New York for the 3rd time on the loop doesn't disappoint. 

5.23.21 The outside (ocean) journey to New York harbor was a following seas day, cruising about 150 miles.  The crew played Yachtzee to pass the time.  Arrived at Great Kills Yacht Club late afternoon, in time for a dinghy HH tour, then dinner at Coles Dockside in the bay.  In the morning Joe & I walked to the very local Italian grocery /bakery for breakfast treats.   

5.22.21.  With Marisa & Adam on board, we left early for the long day up to the top of the Chesapeake Bay, through the C&D Canal and then the 55 miles down the Delaware, in glassy calm waters for a beautiful ride.  We arrived at Cape May Canyon Club late afternoon to clouds and cool.  We walked to the famous Lobster House where there was about a 3 hour wait but we were able to shop in their fresh fish market and got some fresh shrimp and crab to bring back to the boat for our own seafood feast, followed by a hot game of dominoes. 

​5.20.21 Arrived in town in time for a dinghy ride and got our grocery delivery.  Marisa and Adam arrived mid morning on Friday the 21st and we spent a great day in Annapolis walking around, lunch at Pussers, shopping, dinghy ride, then dinner at Boatyard Bar & Grill in EastPort at Boatyard Bar & Grill.  Enjoyed this very historic city, with great shops and restaurants, plus, with the week before the the naval graduation and commissioning, there was lots of formal whites in town.

5.18-5.20.21 Oxford, MD. Anchored 2 nights adjacent to Sea Stories. This is another charming town with historic buildings and east coast charm.  We had dinner out the first night in town and walked around neighborhoods.  Next day, we had a long dinghy ride up the river with Doug and Kathy, then Kathy and Karen went paddle boarding, a new experience for Kathy.  A fun relaxing day followed by a beautiful sunset and drinks on Sea Stories.  

5.17.21 Relaxing morning then arrived at Cambridge, MD where we found our old friend Pat, from Bumper Crop, as this is his home port.  Pat had drinks with Doug, Kathy, Joe and I and brought us on some errands.  Had a great dinner and saw many of the homes from the 1700 and 1800's.  

5.16.21.  We traveled 70 miles north to a quiet anchorage in the Little Choptank River, with Sea Stories.  Enjoyed a nice sunset, cigars, maybe some whiskey and good conversation.​

5.14-16.21. Moved to Crisfield, another small eastern bay town.  This 500+ slip marina was almost empty (again, the boats don't show up for a couple weeks).  Town was sort of sad in that many of the very few businesses in town closed during the past covid year.  We did have Smith Island Baby Cakes and some super fresh crab though.  Stayed there with Sea Stories (Doug and Kathy) for 2 nights and have a great time enjoying the quiet serene town.

​5.13.21 After a tour around Newport News to see the aircraft carrriers under construction, we landed on the east side of the lower Chesapeake at Cape Charles.   This charming town had nice shops, a delicious distillery with great ambiance and good food for dinner at the Shanty, right at the marina.  The marina was very nice but very quiet as the season is not underway fully yet.

5.9.21-5.11.21 Windy travel day from Oriental but mostly following seas to arrive at Dowry Creek Marina in the afternoon.  We used their car to drive the 5 miles to Belhaven where nothing was open on a Sunday.  We grilled a wonderful seafood dinner of shrimp, grouper and scallops from our travels in Wrightsville Beach and Oriental.  Enough energy left for 1 game of Dominos with Dave and Jeri.
5.10.21 Next morning we left by 7 as the weather was predicted to deteriorate.  Beat the rain and change in weather in Abermarle Sound.  At Coinjock we fueled up (as the big fuel hack just happened and we needed to make sure we could get fuel) and had the  famous prime rib dinner (again). 
5.11.21 Norfolk, VA.  Our last night with Dave & Jeri.  We walked the historic trail around Norfolk and ended up at the roof top bar Grain for a light dinner. Watched another awesome sunset and enjoyed one more competitive night of Mexican Train Dominoes.  Dave & Jeri were great guests and Jeri is now officially a first class crew, with new rope handling skills, locking procedures and general boat living skills.