Galesville, MD to Baltimore, MD

July 3, 2020 - July 16, 2020

I made it back to Galesville on Friday afternoon after a long, but uneventful drive home from Tennessee.  It was the fourth of July weekend and since we were in Galesville not much was going on and we spent the weekend relaxing, reading and doing a few boat chores.  Our transmission was supposed to be installed on Monday morning, but apparently it had not arrived at the yacht yard on Thursday as expected.  As it turned out it wasn’t installed until Wednesday which pushed our trip back to Baltimore to Thursday.  

Even though the transmission shifting was a little stiff and probably meant replacing the transmission cable at some point we left for Baltimore on Thursday morning.  It was a great day out on the water.  When the bay is playing nice it is one of the best places for boating.  We arrived at our slip in Anchorage Marina in mid afternoon.  Roy, one of our boat neighbors, helped us dock and it went smoothly.  Finally, we were at our summer destination!  

Now the boat projects begin - some big ones and some small ones. Mostly I’m the assistant and Bob is the foreman on these projects. Here is a list of the ones I can remember:

• replaced the plastic fittings with bronze fittings on the intake hose for the air conditioner. I really don’t like plumbing projects! 
• hooked up a new inlet hose to the strainer for the air conditioner
• cleaned the duck poo out of the dinghy (twice), hauled it out of the water, cleaned the bottom, and stowed the dinghy on the bow
• tried to remove the bent stanchion we are replacing, but couldn’t.  It is now being treated with PB Blaster to loosen it
• pulled the mattress out of the quarter berth to assess the level of the platform (turned out it was level and Bob will not have to reinforce the frame)

I also attended some doctor’s appointments.  I visited my primary care doctor to have her inspect a lump on my left thigh.  She recommended that I have an ultra sound, which I did a couple days later (still waiting to talk to my doctor about the results).  I went to my dentist for a cleaning and advice about what to do for my chipped wisdom tooth (I will have it extracted in a couple of weeks).

It is great to have my sewing machine back on board and I have been using it to make masks and complete some garments I had cut out before we left for the Bahamas.  It’s been a busy two weeks!

I've enjoyed using my Olympus shockproof and waterproof camera, too.  Here are some photos taken from the stern of s/v Rainy Days:

a beautiful sunset

The colors reflected in the water
were more vibrant than the colors in the sky.

I was captivated by the reflection of
the boats in the calm water.

Take care and wear a mask and social distance! We all have to do our part to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

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