States are just flying by. 39◦34'.946 N 07◦529'.035 W

We've left Virginia and Maryland behind us. We are currently in Delaware, although this was an unplanned stop, and by tonight we will be in New Jersey. Whew, I'm tired just writing about it!

It's funny how one day you can have so many pictures you have to pic and choose to compress it and other days you need to search for ideas. Well Yesterday was certainly one of those days. We left Annapolis with Chic and Barb and made our way to Chesapeake City. However, as is often the case, the plans had to change. We got to the City docks and found they were under construction, so we went to the anchorage and found it was packed so full, we could not find an area where we could swing on the hook for 150 feet all around, sooo next option was to continue through the C&D Canal and find somewhere on the other side. It was getting late, but we did not have much choice. We left Barb and Chick behind,  (they had reservations in a marina) and off we went. We did not arrive in Salem river until around 7pm and that made for a long day.

Along the way, we passed a few bridges, namely The Bay bridge 

and two St-Georges bridges, the East and West. 

We weaved through fishing boats. At one point I counted 91 on the water in front of us and probably an equal amount behind us! 

Every dot is a fishing boat

And then there are the birds who like to pretend they are crab pots. These are seagulls who sit in the water but spaced out just enough, and in a straight line none the less, so that they appear like crab pots. I'm positive they laugh as we weave to avoid them. In sunny skies, it's really hard to tell from a distance what exactly is bobbing in that water.

We also passed a packed, and I mean packed, mobile home park. From our vantage point they look like sardines all lined up!

Anyway after landing in the Salem river, quick dinner and then we started to research the tides and currents in the Delaware River. This is a long process for us because the data changes as we go down the bay and we need to time our exit to get the most push from the tidal current, without bucking the wind in an opposite direction. Anyway, long story longer, by the time we finished this, I was too tired to post, so y'all get it this morning. As it turns out, we cannot leave here until around 11 am to get the maximum comfortable trip to cover the next 50 miles. We therefore won't be arriving in New Jersey until 7 pm tonight. Long days, but hey! What are you going to do. Reminiscing again, but the last time we did this stretch of water, we had to leave at 4 am to get all the conditions in our favor (wind, current and tide). We were doing great time and were so excited that the ride was going so well and then, somewhere about ½ way, both our engines conked out in the middle of the shipping channel and it took 3 hrs to get a tow boat to come get us since there's not much around the Delaware bay. So let's hope that's not what's awaiting us today.  

Oh last but certainly not least, it is our Son's 29^th B-Day tomorrow. Happy birthday Bud. We love you and wish we were there with you, but we will be soon. I guess I now have to stop using the line "I am 29 and holding". It is a devastating blow, but from now on when someone asks my age, I will be "39 and holding" well at least for the next 10 years!

 For now, have a great day and hopefully I will post tonight.