Except for the heat maybe. It is REALLY hot here. Well above 100 on Monday and Tuesday. We slunk out of the boat for dinner Tuesday night and lunch on Wednesday and then melted back to the sweet, cool confines of Dot Calm.
The National Harbor Marina where we are moored is in a “happening” neighborhood — lots of restaurants, lots of things to do, lots of hotels, a nearby casino, water taxis and tourists.
Monday’s departure from Belmont Bay Harbor got off to a delayed start. We planned to fuel up At Belmont Marina, but while we were waiting our turn, the boat getting fuel ahead of us suddenly had a paramedics problem. A woman on board slipped as she was working the stern line and cracked her head on a sharp metal “vee” piece meant to cradle a dinghy on the boat’s swim platform. She was bleeding like mad and quite hysterical. The seven paramedics (call 911! They were all hunks!) who came to the scene allowed her to walk off the dock under her own power. Cliff thinks she might just need some stitches. I think it is a terrible start to the holiday week.
We got our wish for calm waters….but the amount of debris in the water made the going a bit dicey in some places. Wish these photos could give you a better idea of the size of some of these logs!
The trip down the Potomac is beautiful. The scenery is green-green-green and the houses are mostly stately and not crowded together. Seems quite civilized. There are way too many chimneys for me (chimneys are my measurement of how cold it gets), but the houses really are lovely.
We spotted Mount Vernon which is larger than I thought it would be. And learned that Monticello is pretty far inland — which makes sense since it was a plantation.
We’re off to California tomorrow. Can hardly wait to give Addie and Charlie in-person hugs. Stand by. We’ll be back on July 14.
I enjoyed your parenthetical comment about the medics! It seemed especially funny in the context.
We received your gifts, LOL, & agreed that you know us too well.
Enjoy your trip west. I know you will have another great family visit.
Only people who love you two would dare send such “gifts.” Glad you got the love that was sent along with them. We had a 6am flight…..and, as usual, Cliff got us there REALLY EARLY! He arranged for a private car to pick us up at 3:45 and we got to Reagan around 4am. Pretty soon we’ll just to the airport the night before:-)