It’s hard work using the autopilot

And we continue to head south!    Proof was the pod of pelicans we passed this time – took us by surprise flying in formation like geese and I didn’t even think to grab the camera.

 

We dropped the anchor in Solomons Island.  We had planned on going into Mill Creek which is out of the way of the shops and marinas, and to our surprise found half a dozen boats already there.  We poked in just past all of them and dropped the hook.

 

We slept in a bit (snuggled deep under that Hudson Bay wool blanket) and I had perfectly ripe bananas and pecans to use up in pancakes – and just a bit of our favorite smoked maple syrup.  Not a bad way to start the morning in the cockpit as the great blue herons and hawks fly by and the shad jump out of the water.

 

We got a bit more diesel as we’ve unfortunately had to do quite a bit of motoring, then headed into town.  After a fabulous lunch of local rockfish at the CD Café we wandered up to the Calvert Marine Museum.  Though there was a little overlap of the local boat building, most of the museum instead is dedicated to the marine environment.  The display of fossils from nearby Calvert Cliffs is unbelievable.  Just one small collection from a local woman totaled more than 150,000 sharks teeth and a nearby whale’s head is simply remarkable.  They’ve also got what I’d call a partial aquarium going with dogfish, turtles, snakes, otters, lionfish (I had no idea invasive species like that had made it that far north) and others.

 

We’re back at the marina finishing up some work on wifi, then heading back to the boat so we can move south yet again tomorrow before some big winds blow through.

 

 

 

Skipjack and screw pile lighthouse at the Calvert Marine Museum

Breakfast:  banana pecan pancakes w/ smoked maple syrup

Lunch:  rockfish souvlaki style at the CD Cafe

Dinner:  leftover jambalaya & quesadillas