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JimH wrote:
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Best day of the year so far for boating on Chesapeake Bay. Accompanied
by wife and my in-laws, we got an early start from Chesapeake Beach,
headed up towards the Bay Bridge, came down through Kent Narrows,
visited St. Micheals for a while, then went as far up the Miles River as
the Route 370 bridge.

Wish the rest of the summer would be as temperate as today.

Some snaps:

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...oating/027.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...oating/033.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...oating/037.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...oating/049.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...oating/055.jpg


Gas was $3.69+, diesel $2.59+ over at St. Michaels. Very light boating
traffic on the Bay.

Glad to read you had a good day on the shakedown cruise.

We are in the water and will be taking ours out (weather cooperating)
over the weekend).

Gasoline prices at the 2 corner gas stations was at $3.49 as of this
morning and predicted to stay there through the summer. This was up from
$3.08 just yesterday.


$3.49 at the corner gas station is what at marinas in your area? $3.99?

Gas at the local corner stations here (Wawa, for example) was $3.07 today,
but over on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, the news reported, it was
$2.87.

This is going to be a terrible year for many boaters.

Last weekend our marina was still under $3/gallon. The marinas around here
(for the most part) only raise prices when they get a new shipment of gas to
refill the tanks. That price stays until the next shipment arrives.

The marinas will soon be close to $4/gallon once they refill their tanks.