Waiting out some blustery weather in the Upper Choptank

 

(this is not the choppy weather, but we knew it was coming)

We were given a nice boat ride to anchor for lunch by our friends.

Then we sailed and they motored to Dunn Cove (north Choptank) for dinner and the night.

After apple pancakes the next morning (with a little irish cream in my coffee) we knew the winds were going to pipe up to 25-30 which is quite a bit to try to sail to the Solomons, so we motored back to their cove for the night were we could sleep well back on the mooring ball.  It was quite a ride. We had many turns to get back so we didn't bother putting up the staysail, but we had to steer by hand and not much was caught offguard to get broken down below. : )

It was nice because it let us all hang out again for dinner and the evening by the fire.