2022-09-18 Family - and Dean in hospital - did not see that one coming

 Visiting family still.  We had a nice time with Kris's folks.  Helped out with some cleaning and painting, and took some cans in for recycling.  In Oregon recycling pays well.  $20 for our cans.

Can recycling in Bend, Oregon

2022-09-11 Visiting family

We had a good time in Boise with our son Derek, this was a short visit, while he had time off work for Labor Day.  

We took a break from the 100 degree weather, to  float the Boise River, which was great fun.

This is a popular thing to do.  The water is clear and cold, and you can rent tubes to float on.

Fun floating Boise River

2022-09-04 More boat work, learning by doing and making mistakes, travel to Idaho to see family

More work on the boat.  Dean finished dewaxing the hull, sanded the bottom, and has put on two coats of new paint.   

It can be somewhat discouraging to do a couple of days of work, to end up with the finished product looking quite similar to what you started with.   

Had a blue bottom before, and still does.   

2022-08-28 Haul the boat - two steps forward and one sore back.

We moved to Worton Creek, and anchored just outside the marina.  Did a few more things to get the boat ready to haul.  Had a big storm with dumping rain come through, and we actually drug anchor for the first time in two years.   When we hauled the anchor up, found the bottom was just goopy mud, and we had a black plastic bag wrapped on anchor - so don't feel too bad.   We did not do anything as we drug, as we had room, and were moving pretty slow.  When storm stopped, we re-anchored and got a good nights sleep.

Last time our boat was hauled we had a little green frog that got on the boat, that we gently took off and put back in the marsh area near the boat.

2022-08-21 Up the Deleware, Cheasapeake City, and Swan Creek at Rock Hall. Getting ready to haul

We left Lewes on a good day, and timed the current perfectly to head north on the Delaware Bay, and through the C&D canal to Chesapeake City.   We went 64.3 miles in 9.5 hours.    We only sailed a couple of hours unfortunately, but to average 6.76 knots is pretty good, considering our best motor speed on one engine (which is what we normally do to save fuel) is only 5.4 knots.

We left Lewes early in the morning and had a spectacular sunrise.

Gorgeous sunrise leaving Lewes, DE around 6:00 a.m.

2020-08-14 Hot in Port Washington, and cold heading south

We had a nice sail to Port Washington.  Had a couple of thunderstorms with 30 knots, but we had plenty of warning, and dropped sails before it hit.  Charm got a brief fresh water rinse.  We also sailed through a race going on.  Fun to see all the spinnakers flying.

Storms coming

2022-08-07 Sag Harbor, Old Saybrook with good friends, Thimble Islands and Port Jefferson

It has been a hot week.

We left Montauk lake, and motored over to Sag Harbor.  

Leaving Lake Montauk