Day 8: German Chocolate Cake, Smith Island Style

Somehow the card for my Olympus has become corrupted. I can still see the photos on the camera, and can still take pictures, but can't download. I will switch cameras tomorrow, but meanwhile, another BORING text-only blog, interspersed with Internet photos.

We left Crisfield Friday morning, and made a long sail and motor sail to a very weird anchorage off Kiptopeke (KIP-toe-peek) State Park on the southeastern shore of Virginia. There had been a ferry landing there before the building of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel, and so the state sank a bunch of concrete ships of WWII vintage to provide a breakwater for the ferry. Now its just an anchorage; the old ferry dock has been replaced by a long fishing pier, and there is a beach at the northern end of the anchorage. We found one sailboat there when we came in, and two more joined us later. It was a little bit rolly, but very comfortable, if a bit eerie. If I can recover the photos, I will post them later. Meanwhile, here is one from the web.

On Saturday, we set off for "The Ditch"; we made good time and hit the Great Bridge Lock (and Bridge) in time to snag a spot on a little dock just south of the bridge. Warm enough for gin and tonics, followed by Beef Stroganoff and round three of our German Chocolate Smith Island Cake (another picture that is sitting on the camera; here is one from internet photos instead).


Peaceful night despite the proximity to the bridge.

Today we motored another 37 miles or so to Coinjock, NC (goodbye Maryland, goodbye Virginia) where we are tied up at the Coinjock Marina and Restaurant for the night.

Think good thoughts for my camera card; we do have two other cameras on board, so not a disaster.