"Rosalie B." wrote in message
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I wasn't too thrilled to be out on the Bay in good weather
on a
holiday weekend with all the crazies, but I thought Bob
was getting
impatient to do something with the boat. Because except
for two days
with our grandson in July, we haven't been anywhere except
from the
haul slip to our slip this summer. Monday, I called Mr.
Parks of
Parks Marina in Tangier and asked him if we could tie up
to the dock
by the marina office on Wednesday night, and I called the
Onancock
marina for Friday night. Mr Parks said not to get there
before 2 pm
because there was usually a crab boat loading until then.

Tuesday, August 28th - We decided to move onto the boat
this
afternoon, and as usual, I was packing at the last minute
while Bob
was ready hours ahead. It was hot, and took two trips in
the cart.
Bob did not start the refrigeration - just took a cooler.
That means
that we don't have any cold water to drink.

After we got things stowed, we went to Schiebles for
dinner. Bob had
a crabcake sandwich with applesauce, and I had a crab
toast appetizer.
This was a kind of large matzo - pizza type crust with
crab meat on
the top, topped with cheese. Very good. The cashier left
before we
finished so we had to wait quite a while for someone to
take our
money. In addition to being closed on Monday, after Labor
Day they
are closing for Tuesday and maybe Wednesday too.

Then we came back to the boat and put the cushions in the
cockpit and
made the beds. I found that I could use the marina
wireless network
in the cockpit , but not in the cabin.

Wednesday, August 29th

Finally got underway about 8. It is almost dead calm in
the marina -
the water is smooth and unruffled except by passing wakes.
Bob tried
to put the sails up for a bit, but the wind was from the
east, and
that's where we were heading. I called Somers Cove Marina
in
Crisfield and they said we could come in for Thursday
night but would
absolutely have to leave on Friday by noon because they
were expecting
130 boats in that day.

As we passed Point Lookout, I noticed that there is some
kind of
building that has been built almost in front of it so you
can't really
see it from the river mouth, and almost not at all from
the bay.
There's also a big pier out from near there on the Bay
side which I
don't remember.

We ate some fried chicken in the cockpit about noon.
The Chesapeake
Breeze (the Reedville Tangier ferry) sped past us at 2:15.
We reached
the Green 1 for the Bay entrance to Tangier at 2:30. Bob
said he
didn't see any less than 10 feet all the way in.

Mr Parks came out and helped us to tie up. It costs
$30/night for a
boat over 30 feet plus $5 for electricity. The trip to
Tangier took
about 5.5 hours, puttering along at about 5 knots.



Mr. Parks is a cool guy.
When I was there 3 years ago it was $20, but, he first asked
me if I could afford that much.


--
Scott Vernon
Plowville Pa _/)__/)_/)_