After what seems like two forevers, this morning we finally dropped dock lines in Annapolis, and started moving again. We got the doctors done with, and our engine work done, and now we can finally get out to play.

We took a short hop today, riding the incoming tide north in the Chesapeake to neat the entrance of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. We’ll spend the night here at anchor, then tomorrow catch the east bound tide through the canal.

Being back at anchor is so much better than tied to the dock. We have a great breeze blowing straight through the boat, we are sharing a very quiet patch of water with osprey, eagles, herons, and pelicans. The boat has that tiny little bit of movement as a reminder that you are really on the water.

We’ll anchor again tomorrow afternoon after our transit of the C&D Canal, then on Monday head down the Delaware toward Lewes and Cape May.