baltimore maryland, inner harbor thursday october 14, 2010

as usual there are many things i could say to criticize big dummy but today I'm going to be nice to him because his father passed away while we were sailing to baltimore which was kind of fortuitous because b.d. has a brother who lives here and now we get to visit him and his lovely wife in their lovely home in the burbs. it is a bittersweet visit of course and appropriately it is raining cats and you-know-whats. but the weather has been wonderful if not quite enough wind since the wild times just south of new york city so we're due for some rain. which hopefully will wash off the anchor and chain which are laying on the deck after anchoring last night in the toxic slippery mud of the baltimore harbor – b.d had to make four attempts before finally getting the anchor to hold but this morning decided to move to the baltimore city dock and tie up because a big wind is coming and he didn't trust that oily mud to hold the JoHee and keep her from crashing into the torsk or the constitution two historic ships (submarine and sailing ship) tied up on either end of the anchorage.

anywho we are enjoying the visit in spite of the situation and in case you wondered why we're not taking a break so b.d. can fly out to a funeral and stuff is because “the rev” specifically requested no funeral, no memorial service, and no burial only cremation. so we are mourning in our own way and continuing the trip probably on monday after this crappy weather gets past then maybe i'll tell you about more dumb stuff like when we went aground not once but twice in the barnagut bay and the coast guard finally came in the middle of the night and showed us where we could anchor out of the way until morning when we could see the buoys that marked the constantly moving channel.

that's all for now time for another nap on this sofa that doesn't move around while i'm sleeping. what a concept!

peace and love

kitty

first mate s/v JoHee