Kent County

We finished up our time in Fairlee Creek. Let me just start by saying it is HOT! We don't have air conditioning on the boat, but we do have two lovely fans (one of which Tyler gave to Dave as a parting gift - thank you thank you thank you) and some heavy black out curtains. While it is only about 92 in full sun at 100% humidity, you can imagine it is HOT. While beautiful, it made Fairlee Creek very difficult to work at, so we floated some more and made an early morning exit on Wednesday to escape that blazing sun.

Our trip to Rock Hall was, once again, uneventful, thank goodness! We did stop to make water in deeper water than where we have been making water (at anchorage or dock). We have been getting a weird taste in our water when we shouldn't be and we wanted to try this out to see if it made a difference. The jury is out on taste, but Dave thinks it was much kinder to our water maker. Thank God stopping in the Chesapeake Bay when there is no wind is nothing like stopping in the Atlantic ocean!

We got to our new mooring home and picked up the supplies Dave needs. Or thought he needed. Once he opened up the windows he figured out he didn't need the supplies and already had what he needed. But, it is a nice marina with another pool and bikes to use to get around. They also have an air conditioned club house that I can work from while Dave works on the windows. I am comfortably ensconced in that location as I write this post!

What Could Go Right? Rock Hall is a cute convenient town and despite the heat we were able to walk to groceries and bike to a nice dinner. Dave and I enjoyed an evening dip in the pool as well. The dogs' illness turned out to be nothing. They both are happy, if not very hot, little puppies. (I feel bad they can't be in the air conditioned room with me.) We have all the things we need for a comfortable glamping situation. Sleeping is easy on a mooring (no stress of the boat moving) and we have a safe place to ride out the oncoming thunderstorms.

What Could Go Wrong? Beyond it's really hot? Some know, I have some allergic skin reaction that can not be pinpointed exactly and covers my entire body with a rash that I get every year. Something triggered it recently and it is moving about my arms and thighs. The good part is I have a magic cream a dermatologist has prescribed. The bad is it is running low! Thank you thank you thank you Aimee for shipping the next batch my way.

The window leaking remains a mystery to be solved and Dave is working hard at it as we expect this rain. He also has a running list of things that need his attention, but he says it doesn't feel overwhelming and he is enjoying it. It looks like a lot of work to me. I tried helping him today by taking the dinghy and the dogs out on their morning walk. Only to get stuck at the dock because I couldn't restart the dinghy on my own! Not very helpful.

As we finish up three weeks of travel, we have talked a lot about what we think so far. So far, we are very glad we are doing it. It is different than we expected, but enjoyable, peaceful, adventurous and new.Read more