October 7^th, 2011, Fri.

 We left Annapolis to go to Herrington Harbor South, and get slips for a good nights sleep. We tied up at the long dock by the beach. Walked around and showed Fred and Ginny the new inn and rooms and landscaping. It’s all been done over very nice, since we started going there every 4^th of July since sometime in the 90’s. Christy, Ray, Alicia and Lee have gotten a room there every 4^th and we would take the boat, with Tim and Heidi always a fun family weekend. I made Ginny’s recipe for Shepards Pie for dinner for all of us. Ginny made Chocolate pudding for dessert, which tasted really good. We played the dice game Farkel, beginners luck Ginny won after a fun game. Then a good nights sleep.

October 8^th, 2011, Sat.

Jany K and Dreamchaser left Herrington and now are officially heading south to Solomon’s. We decided to go to Zahnhisers Marina in Solomon’s. The museum was having a Patuxent River Festival. It was very nice. The museum was open and free. They had all kinds of things going on. The kids could make small wooden boats in the boat shed, they had music, crafts, free boat rides, even a wine tasting with local wines, which believe it or not we did not try. The museum had some very cool artifacts from Calvert Cliffs, plus history of the bay and speedboats that were built in Solomon’s in the 40’s and wooden boat building and more. A fun time. We then had cocktails on Dreamchaser and dinner at The Dry Dock restaurant at the marina.
This is our last night with Fred and Ginny. A sad time, we have been traveling with them and right next to them at Knapps since we left Nettles Marina in Fl. May 9^th. We’ll really miss them as we head south and they head north back to Knapps.

October  9^th, 2011, Sun.

We left Solomon’s this morning heading south to Deltaville, Va. and saying bye to Fred and Ginny and looking forward to seeing them in Florida. It was a calm day so crossing the Potomac was easy compared to most other crossings. We got to Dozier’s in Deltaville around 2:30, making good time with the tide. After we got into the marina, we realized the hot water heater was not working. We wanted to get to Norfolk before the nice weather window changed after Tuesday. There’s not much there though, in the way of working marinas, so we decided to have someone look at it here Monday. So, of course the part we need has to be overnighted and won’t get here till Wednesday, so much for our nice weather window. They say rain and wind from the south Wed. thru Fri., so we’ll probably hang here for a week. Oh well, we need to waste some time anyway, cause we’re not supposed to be below Hatteras til Nov. 1^st.