Heading South

Short post this morning, as we are heading South for the Chesapeake in an hour or so.  I’ve been remiss in my posts for the last week and a half because it’s been, well not super exciting.

We stopped by “home”, and I put that in quotes because it’s didn’t feel so much like home, for a week to tie up some loose ends and make some final visits to friends and family.  Working on the refrigeration in a marina and getting our house sorted out for tenants isn’t the material for fiery blog entries.  The most interesting aspect was that it took so little time for our home town to not feel like home, but someplace we had to stop to deal with a bunch of stuff.

Today marks a new point in the adventure.  Maine was cool, but cruising there wasn’t new – we were there in 2010 and had some idea of what to expect.

From this point forward we are cruising in waters we’ve never cruised in, expanding our world beyond our comfort zone and into the unknown.  Yes, the Cheseapeake and beyond is known, but not to us as sailors.  Every place is a bit different and takes some discovering.  Block Island, one of our favorite cruising destinations is a suitable stepping off point – we will miss it these next few years.

Leaving Block Island we ware sailing to Cape May, New Jersey then up the Delaware Bay, through the Delaware to Chesapeake Canal and down to Annapolis where we plan to meet a bunch of cruisers at a Seven Seas Cruising Association “Gam”, which is a boating meetup and social event.  We should be in the Annapolis area for the next week or two, catching the Gam and the Annapolis boat show before we head further down to explore the Chesapeake for the month of October.

After October, things get really interesting when we join a rally in Hampdon, Virgina and sail to the British Virgin Islands in the beginning of November.

Posts may be sporadic for the next few days as we make our passages, but I will catch you all up when we get to Annapolis.