Pelicans

It’s Thursday morning, and we’re on our way from Smith Point to Portsmouth, Virginia. It is spectacularly beautiful on the Bay today. The sea is flat, almost like glass. The sun is brilliantly bright, and there’s not another boat within 5 miles of me in any direction. We continue to charge due south: The wake is straight as an arrow behind me, we are pointed right at our next waypoint, and I am enjoying a nice hot bowl of chili. One of the best ideas I had was to prepare my lunch every morning and put it in a thermos so it’s readily available when I get hungry. Typically by 10:30!

We saw our first pelicans today. It’s funny, I don’t think we have any up in Rock Hall but just one day south, and we’ve encountered them. I associate them with Florida and the Lowcountry, so it’s a good sign. Can’t wait til we see our first dolphins!

We are experiencing a very strange atmospheric condition just now. Everything behind us is shrouded in fog, but everything ahead of us is brilliantly clear. Behind us, our visibility is limited to about 4 miles, but ahead our visibility is unlimited. Love it.

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I’m actually working at my laptop as we chug along. Love my auto-helm!

As the morning moves along, we’re starting to see a pattern…about every mile or so, we pass a sailboat or a trawler (a slower style of power boat) on roughly the same course as ours. Obviously, we’re starting to join the “train” of boats headed south.

I hope things don’t get too crowded..I hate having anyone slow me down, but I think I had better plan on it. right now, however, things are clear ahead as far as I can see (literally).