Selby Bay

Karen will be in the DC area until she becomes a grandmama, so we decided to hang around the area until the little bundle of joy arrives. Will that make Lisa a grandaunt? We are hoping we will be able to see the baby before we move on. We left Weems Creek and backtracked about 15 nautical miles to South River. We went up the South River checking all the little creeks for a possible place to settle in for a bit. Once we got to the bridge, which we could not get under, we decided to go back down towards the mouth of the river and anchor in Selby Bay. Each day the forecast seems to include chances of thunderstorms, damaging winds, hail, and cloud to ground lightening (as opposed to the more dangerous ground to cloud variety). On our way back down the river the Coast Guard advised mariners to duck for cover. Usually when the CG makes a weather announcement, it is already happening and moving to gobble you up. We made it to Selby Bay and anchored with plenty of room between a shoal and a little bit of land.

 

With all the expertise I could muster up, I deftly parked right in the middle of this nasty looking cloud. Anyone need a weather router / navigator? Actually, this is about 5 minutes after we anchored. In an instant, the temperature dropped about 15 degrees, and we thought we were going to get some big time wind, but it just fizzled out. Later that evening, we got a lot of lightning and rain.

Lisa and I dinghied to several marinas looking for a good place to park the dinghy and the car Karen was using. We talked to the marina owner at Selby Bay Yacht Basin, and he was kind enough to let us park the dinghy and a car for free. It's an older marina with a special charm. Not luxury, but charm. It was also only $1 a foot per night, so we tied up to their fuel dock for a couple of nights. The marina is run by really good people.

 

Karen did come to visit again for a few days. We told her she could only bring one bag (not including herself), so she brought one set of clothes and a backpack full of books.

 

Bossy, bossy, bossy.

 

Tearful goodbyes. Or are those smiles? We had another really good visit with Karen. She drove us all over including to Trader Joes. We were even able to get our hair cut.

We still haven't decided whether we will go to Long Island Sound, or just hang out on the Chesapeake for the summer, but I think we'll make the trek to Long Island. We plan on going to DC when we leave Annapolis. I want to see the monuments again before our kinder and gentler Pres. decides to offer them to the terrorists in a gesture of good faith.