We had to wait for the tide before we could leave Annapolis. Unfortunately we couldn't sleep in. The US Naval Academy had early PT so we got a complimentary wake up call.
It turned out to be a very long day. We left at 11am, and got to the entrance to the C&D canal about 6:30. We planned on spending the night in Chesapeake City which is only a short distance into the canal. There is a free dock there that we had hoped to occupy. We should have known that it wouldn't be available, but what we didn't know was that they were dredging the harbor. Which meant no anchoring either.
We had two options, go back to an anchorage on the Chesapeake, or head 3 miles further across the C & D canal to a marina, against the current. We chose to go to the marina, and fight the current. I am sure the smart thing to do would have been to go back with the current, but I hate the idea of heading in the wrong direction. We were only traveling 3 knots on the canal, and were losing about 2.5 knots of speed to the current. Deason kept saying "I can walk faster than this". Which was entirely true. We finally tied up to Summit North Marina at 9pm. We were all exhausted, but giddy with excitement about sleeping with the air conditioning on! I finally got to hug Chris for the first time since leaving Norfolk. It had been too hot to think about having anyone but Dahlia put their arms around me. It was worth the money staying at a marina for that!
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