Cruising to Florida, Days 1 and 2

June 23, 2006

The end of day two and we are sitting in the middle of Willoughby Bay awaiting the thunderstorm. We were advised to stay below deck with our life jackets on, but we are sitting on the sun deck watching the military helicopters and aircraft carriers go by.
Let us back track a bit to catch you up. Sunday evening we loaded up as much stuff as we had ready into Burgundy’s pick up and drove it down to Recess. We spent a few hours unpacking, looking at the amount of stuff we had, and reloading those things we decided we could live without. We were hot, tired and hungry by the end.
As Dave was jumping off the boat, he stabbed himself with a pair of sheep hoof shears—try explaining that to the triage nurse. Amy ran around frantic: pulling open boxes looking for a first aid kit, a band aid, clean rag…anything! Meanwhile, Dave is sitting on the dock trying to hold the hole closed.
A few hours in the ER, a tetanus shot, gauze, Neosporin and Pringles and we were on our way. We arrived home around 1:00am. Still hot, tired and hungry, but now injured as well.
Amy worked the next day, and Farmer Dave worked summer camp and packed up more stuff. Packing and cleaning went late into the night. The Burgundy server crashed sometime around midnight. Amy finished up inside and headed to Silvia’s around 3:00am to get a couple hours sleep before school. Dave left Burgundy at 6:00am with a rental car full of more stuff.
Dave spent Tuesday and most of Wednesday discovering all the nooks and crannies where things could be stored. Amy stayed in town with Silvia to finish up the last day of school and pack up her classroom. Kerry drove her to the boat Wednesday afternoon.
Thursday morning we were off!! We had some high winds and rough seas. Amy was not feeling so hot for most of the trip, but it was Dave who ultimately hung over the side.
We stayed at the Norview, Marina in Deltaville, MD. We took some tofu and veggies over to the grill by the pool. We had a great dinner then a cool dip. Dave fixed the anchor light while Amy scrubbed the deck before bedtime.
That brings us to today. We got a late start, but the waters were relatively calm. We decided to make today a short one so we could regroup. We touched bottom for the first time, but Dave managed to get us off and into some good water. Tomorrow we will reach the entrance to the Intercoastal Waterway and our first lock!
As we write, the wind is kicking up. The sky is black. We’re just hoping the anchor holds! Wish us luck!