November 2, 2020 - November 8, 2020
Sometime during the night, Bob woke me up so I could help him with the dock lines. The wind had increased during the night (gusts to 35 mph) and our stern dock line came loose. We struggled to pull the boat close enough to the dock for Bob to get off the boat and retie the line while I stayed aboard to tighten the line when it was properly attached to the piling. We decided to check on the bow lines as well and discovered that one of them had come untied. After fixing that line we retreated to the warm cabin having been chilled by the high northerly wind. As we say, “It’s always something on a boat.”
In the morning we rechecked the lines and tied the dinghy (which is on the bow) down more securely. The wind was still whipping around the boat and the temperature was in the low 40’s. We quickly realized that we needed to supplement our wardrobes with some warmer clothes if we were to survive the Maryland winter. We rented a car to drive to Baltimore and retrieve our Prius from the marina garage. Since we purchased a parking pass from the city of Annapolis we can park near our boat. We stopped at Italian Market for lunch, stopped at our storage locker to get one of our oil filled radiators, and did a few more errands before returning to the boat. It’s super to be close to our favorite Annapolis places again.
Tuesday was sunny with lighter winds making it warmer. Putting the oil filled radiator in the cock pit warmed it up nicely. Lola is loving the freedom of being in the cock pit all day where she can watch birds, people, and dogs all around the boat. After doing some errands we retired to the cockpit to drink a new cocktail Bob concocted (mint patty martini - delicious) and listen to the election news. Bob continued to man the bar and I made various snacks. The vote counts were not very promising by bed time.
For the next couple of days (Wednesday - Friday) we listened to election news on the CNN Sirius XM channel most of the day. Every morning the weather was wonderful and I took a long walk around Eastport and Annapolis through the lovely neighborhoods and along the water. Walking here is much more enjoyable than in Baltimore. Annapolis has mandated wearing a mask on the street and inside buildings as well as posted one way signs for the sidewalks. I feel much safer from the virus here.
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| These "one way" signs help to make my morning walk safer from cover-19. |
I am still waiting for the quilt I pieced for Rachel (my second daughter) to be quilted. On Thursday I called Glory Bee’s and they informed me that the backing fabric needed to be altered in order to be the correct size. I made the hour drive to make the correction right away. The quilt should be done by the end of next week - fingers crossed. It will be difficult to complete the quilt before I drive out to Oak Park before Thanksgiving.
On one of my walks I took some photos of several iconic Annapolis buildings.
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| The spire of St. Mary's Catholic Church which is on Duke of Gloucester Street. |
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| St. Ann's Episcopal Church is located on Church Circle, and is the oldest church in Annapolis. |
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| The State House dome presides over State Circle. |
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| The Govenor's Mansion is near the State House on State Circle. |
