May 26, 2017

Last night Jim and I experienced another new type of weather on

the boat.  HAIL.  Just before dark the storm that was rolling in got here and the winds jumped up to at least 30 MPH and the hail started coming down.  It was just pea size, but the weather alert

said some areas could expect nickel size hail and winds up to 60MPH.  Then just as quickly as it started, it quit and became dead silent.  No wind, rain, and then the sun came out.  This morning when we got ready to leave the sun was out but the wind was blowing.  By the time we got out into the Choptank River the waves were between 2 and 3 feet.  Luckily our trip was short and we got

all tucked in before the winds really started howling. Only boats out were the fishing boats and us.   Once again 

our luck held out and we missed the worse of it.  Cambridge is

another nice town.  It is larger than Oxford and St. Michael's, but

rough waters

Our welcome buoy to Cambridge

not as quaint.  There are some beautiful victorian homes here and  I plan take pictures tomorrow to share. We are here for 3 or 4 days

Hail

because of the holiday traffic.  Then we are off to Annapolis.

Floating Hail