We had a lovely dinner aboard last night….but dinner in a marina is just not the same as dinner at anchor. However, the sunset lived up to every expectation changing color by the minute. Starting with wisps of pink and a skim of sky blue and ending in a blaze of chrome yellow and orange. Wonderful!
Jim Comerford and Cleo Burtis joined us for a cruise to Annapolis — a very short distance away. We started the day with a champagne toast (of course!) and then headed to Rhodes River, one of our most favorite (so far!) anchorages. It reminds us of house boating trips when our kids were little, anchored just off an island where they could explore and play all day. Now “their island” is part of some sort of Smithsonian program and does not allow visitors.
Cliff deployed all the water toys and we all enjoyed a swim. Jim took to the kayak and Cleo is masterful on the paddle board….can’t say the same for me! In the photo below on the right….Jim is “rescuing” the dinghy and paddle board which had floated away from Dot Calm. Need to take a knot refresher course perhaps!
Tonight we’ll have an at-anchor feast….grilled flank steak, grilled zucchini and coleslaw. A big thank you to the nice Magma rep at this year’s Miami Boat Show! He sent us a replacement valve (and some other goodies) after we reported that we couldn’t get the grill to heat much above tepid last year. The new valve works like a champ!