On Sunday, August 1, we relaxed on Palmetto Moon in Georgetown Yacht Basin and decided to visit the other marina across the Sassafras River. We took their launch Toot-Toot over to the Granary and had dinner at the Bar & Grill. After dinner, we called for Toot-Toot to take us back, and instead of going to the boat, we walked up to hill to Harborview Ice Cream and gazed down at all the boats docked in marinas and anchored. On Monday, August 2, we did some chores and then walked up the hill to The Deck Restaurant at the Kitty Knight house and had burgers, the special for Crabby Monday which means 50% off.

On Tuesday, August 3, we cruised about 22 miles down the Sassafras River and turned slightly north across the Bay and up to Havre de Grace, MD. The next day we walked the waterfront park, as shown above, and toured the Maritime Museum and the Decoy Museum with our friends, Bob and Lynn on M/V Legrace. Actually, Lynn is reading the sign and Bob is on the far right in the picture above. Although we had several good dinners in restaurants during our stay, the ice cream from Bomboy's was excellent. Just a minor point: there were little spiders everywhere, not just at the marina, but all over the entire town!!

We cruised down to the Maryland Yacht Club in Rock Creek, outside of Baltimore, on Friday, August 6 and stayed for about two weeks. Although isolated, the marina was quite nice with a lovely pool, great view of the Patapsco River, a clubhouse that serves excellent food on Wed, Fri, Sat and Sun, and friendly boaters and staff. The drawback is that it is too far to walk to anything. We celebrated Jim's birthday. Our stay was a quiet one with a visit from our friends, Nan and Bob, who came to visit and lunch with us at the clubhouse on our second day.

On Thursday, August 19 we cruised down the Patapsco River to Anchorage Marina in the Canton section of Baltimore. As we approached the Francis Scott Key bridge, we saw this ship and tug coming toward us -- what a wake it made!

We are enjoying the city life with lots of restaurants and the convenience of having a Safeway grocery store across the street along with some other shops. Su's friends, Cathy and John, drove down from the Philadelphia area to visit over the last weekend. We had lunch on Palmetto Moon, dinner at Mama's on the Half Shell, and brunch at the Austin Grill.

August ends and it is still HOT or maybe very hot would be a better description. They say that this is the hottest summer on record for the Chesapeake and we can believe it.