Down the Cheasapeak Bay to Annapolis

We woke Thursday Morning to a resounding clap of thunder at 5 am. Our sheltered little cove kept the waves away but we felt 25 kt winds. I fixed breakfast and in short order the rain stopped leaving misty haze fog on shore. Tom went to work a raising our anchor manually and we were off. One disconcerting thing was the occasional loud (very) re-percussive BOOM we surmised came from the Aberdeen testing grounds. I was on the watch for an errant shell to come landing across our bow. Tom didn't think we had anything to worry about.  We found the secret to getting by the crab pots. they have buoys on the river side to mark the boundary  so we did not go through the middle yelling at each other "watch out" "to Port" "no left" and various other instructions. 

Our trip to Annapolis was uneventful but finding a mooring ball was a comedy of communication and tight maneuvering around dozens of boats. We were successful at last, settled in and down for the night

shore in front of anchor site

dawn

The Chesapeake Bay Bridge crosses the bay in Maryland from Sandy Point (near Annapolis) to Kent Island; 

entering Severn River and Annapolis

things are out of order here - this is the Sassafrass River

Tom wearing our wench cover- since he was the acting wench that
morning