4/28/16        Thursday             Chesapeake City, MD


Stayed in bed w while this morning. Too cold to get up with no particular reason to get up early.....except to feed Amelia....but then back to bed with my book about expats in Asia. I've read several books either by  authors from other countries or about living in other countries. Another form of travel and seeing from another perspective. Out of bed and trying to get warm by around 8:00 AM - coffee, dishes, breakfast and I turned on our propane heater which is at the top of the saloon so it heats our heads very well if we are standing. Feet. Cold.

spring tree

blossoms on pavement

Took a trip of about 100 yards up to the Town Hall and got important info - recycling is single source, hair cut is possible at the corner, Harbor Master might be able to take you to the food store. Score on all accounts but hair cut. The Harbor Master, Buddy Shepherd, was totally charming and very generous with his time. Jayne, from Dream Catcher in front of us and I went to do shopping while our men talked of weather and researched possible leavings. Mr Shepherd was a bit shy with us but warmed up as the trip went on. We invited him for coffee or wine - "We both bought cheap box wine."  No, but "I've never seen a catamaran." "oh, Jayne would probably invite you on a tour of their boat," I offered with Jayne in the back seat. So, the invitation was made for him to come after his work.

Jayne & Gray on Dream Catcher

Meanwhile, Jayne and I had decided on cocktails at 4:30, hoping Mr Shepherd would be off work by then, and shared dinner at 6:00 PM. We did our part of dividing the food labor and menu. David and I got a brief nap in before prep time.

Then, there was Bruce on Opodamus who we'd met in NYC and been sort of in touch with until early January and reconnected with a week or two ago. He was anchored in the pond just beyond the dock where we'd anchored last fall. He dinghied over, we invited him to join us for drinks, stayed for dinner. Mr. Shepherd didn't come so I called him. He showed up about the time we were going to eat. We delayed. He stayed and chatted and chatted. Really interesting man of 80 who was in Air Force, owned several businesses and now is part owner of a government contract business. On the ride from the food store I joked w/him about not being able to tell us much about his business because if he did he'd have to kill us. It was a fun interaction and exchange. He told us all more at dinner. Such a delight and very smart man.

Enjoyed the evening with new and older friends and spoke of going to the museum tomorrow before we depart. I suspect we won't make it.