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Leaving Reedville

Posted by Bryan on Friday, November 1, 2013, In : Anchored

Oct 28th
We are finally saying good by to Reedville. Just before we left, we invested in a new camera with some zoom capability. Our other cameras are not so good at getting pictures of far away things. This has a 40x optical zoom. Our first set of pictures was of the monster that lives out in front of the Haas house on Owens pond. (no longer a pond, just another inlet on the Chesapeake). Can you tell what it is?

A sea otter.

Here are some pictures from the dock at the perfect house. My...
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Eastern Neck Island National Wildlife Refuge.

Posted by Bryan on Monday, October 7, 2013, In : Anchored

Oct 4
We went and anchored away from a city. Although the city had some fun things to offer, we didn't like the jack hammers at 8:00 sharp, the police sirens at night, the helicopters over head, and the pollution. The storm drains all run directly into the harbor. There are designated boats going around picking up the trash all day. And there is a nice film of oil on the water as well. When driving up to the city you could see the haze in the air form the pollution.

The Eastern Neck Isla...
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Little Choptank Creek

Posted by Bryan on Sunday, September 22, 2013, In : Anchored

We are anchored in the Little Choptank Creek, on the western side of the chesapeak. Nice sucluded spot. We have had some strong winds and are sitting tight till they pass. We had 30 knot - 35 knot winds last night with lots of rain. We put up the sides of the dodger and bimini and it was nice and dry. The boat is very comfortable, even in the high winds, rough waves and rain. Sink is working great, as it the stove, electric system, etc.... Everything is going well.

For our first night/d...
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