Current Location and Time Line Update

Posting the blog in a timely manner has been difficult due to the travel, internet connections, and days of exploring. So when I can, I will catch up the blog. I am several days late and the dates of the blog post are not always the date the events have happened. I am going to give our current location today and then follow up with the pictures and wording as I have time to stop and update the blog. Today we are in Troy, New York on the Hudson River. This is North of New York City about 150 miles. So I will hopefully today bring the blog up to this point. We will be leaving in the morning for the Erie Canal and that will be a busy time.

May 27-June 6 at Doziers Regatta Yacht Center, Deltaville, VA
(Drove to Colonial Williamsburg)
June 7-June 9 at Spring Cove Marina, Solomon, MD
June 10 at Annapolis City Docks, Annapolis, MD
June 14-June 17 at Utschs Marina, Cape May, NJ
June 18 anchored at Sandy Hook, NJ
June 19-June 21 Liberty Landing, New York, NY
(Beginning of trip up the Hudson River)
June 22 at Half Moon Bay Marina, Haverstraw, NY
June 23-25 Rondout Yacht Basin, Kingston, NY
June 26 at Troy City Docks, Troy NY
(Beginning of the Eire Canal Trip)

As I am able to manage time, I will follow with pictures and description. We are always glad to hear from you. See you on the water, Nancy and Eddie Hamilton

Chesapeake Baltimore

We arrived at Baltimore early afternoon tied up, checked in at the marina office. This marina is in the downtown inner harbor. This allowed us the rest of the day to explore the dockside resturants and stores. We made plans to go to the National Aquarium the next morning. This would take an entire day to walk through and then attend the dolphin show and the Ultimate 4D Experience. This movie was interactive with your seat jabbing you during the Shark attack, and spraying water during the whale blow. It scared some and entertained others. We took the water taxi throughout the waterways just for the ride. We found an old friend Hamburger Joint we had not seen since Ft. Lauderdale, FL. It is called "Five Guys". This is the best Hamburger and Fries I have ever eaten. Well it is time to say goodbye to Baltimore. We will make a hard run up the Chesapeake, through the C&D Canal, down the Delaware River into Cape May. This will take us about 12 hours, but must go while weather is good. This will stage us for the long run outside to Sandy Hook. This run will be entirely in the Atlantic Ocean and will take us about 13 hours.

Baltimore Skyline from boat.

National Aquarium and dolphin show

Walking in Downtown Baltimore

Baltimore Inner Harbor

Chesapeake Solomons Island

We had a short stay at Solomons Island, we walked a few streets and saw this restored home, then we went to the Maritime Museum. As always we found the best place to eat and ran into some friends we had met earlier in Deltaville. We have found that many of the people we have met along the way, come to the Chesapeake and stop for a while. We have found the Chesapeake can be very rough on the water when the wind gets up which then makes boat travel uncomfortable.

Reflective Light crystal in the lighthouse

Nancy thought she would have seafood for lunch

The reflective light crystal in the lighthouse

Chespeake Deltaville and Williamsburg

We had a short stay at Solomon Island, we walked a few streets and saw this restored home, then we went to the Maritime Museum. As always we found the best place to eat and ran into some friends we had met earlier in Deltaville. We have found that many of the people we have met along the way, come to the Chesapeake and stop for a while. We have found the Chesapeake can be very rough on the water when the wind gets up which then makes boat travel uncomfortable.

Reflective Light crystal in the lighthouse

Nancy thought she would have seafood for lunch

The reflective light crystal in the lighthouse