No Tiki No Cry
Sorry folks- our intention for our first big "underway" blog post was a picture from the Tiki Bar in Solomons. For those of you who are uninitiated, this bar combines cougars, bikers, and college kids with bro-hair into one big mosaic of why Parisians don't vacation in Maryland. Then came the weather report. Snow. Are you kidding me ? We were enjoying northeasterly wind at about 10 knots so we made the executive decision to continue on to Tick Neck on the Smith Creek in the mouth of the Potomac. Problem was we sort of ran out of daylight. Anchoring became a GPS video game in pitch blackness. But now we're here, posting via a stolen internet signal (thanks Dave for the antenna idea).
The ride down here was cold. Really cold. Kirstin and I have tons of shorts and tee shirts packed for the Caribbean but we've been wearing all our warm clothes today. The temp was 40 with wind chill below freezing. Anyway, we hope our anchor holds during the sh__storm we're expecting overnight.
We're halfway to Hampton and the Caribbean 1500. If you're interested in finding out more about the regatta (the Vegas oddsmakers have us heavily favored to win, by the way), check out Carib1500.com
The ride down here was cold. Really cold. Kirstin and I have tons of shorts and tee shirts packed for the Caribbean but we've been wearing all our warm clothes today. The temp was 40 with wind chill below freezing. Anyway, we hope our anchor holds during the sh__storm we're expecting overnight.
We're halfway to Hampton and the Caribbean 1500. If you're interested in finding out more about the regatta (the Vegas oddsmakers have us heavily favored to win, by the way), check out Carib1500.com