Been Awhile - Having Too Much Fun

We had a wonderful time in Rock Hall. Met so many great people that we have learned about over the past 8 years through the Island Packet Discussion group. We finally were able to connect a face with a name! Yesterday we spent the day at the Rock Hall Festival; live music, food and crafts vendors, and a crab picking contest! In five minutes the winner picked 9 ounces of crab. There was also a steel drum performance by Catonsville High School that was impressive. After the festival we were invited to the end-of-season picnic at Spring Cove Marina by Hayden and Radeen Cochran. And ended the evening with a game of "Mexican Train". We were going to go to Baltimore today, but the wind was very light; so instead we treated ourselves to a deluxe pumpout and water fill-up at the Spring Cove Marina. This task took over two hours because we were "gaddabouts" - showing all those who were interested, all of our unique modifications made to "Kismet". Someone did notice the absence of a windlass - Jim replied with his usual answer "someday"! We finally left Swan Creek and sailed with the code zero until we were introduced to our first Chesapeake Bay thunderstorm. Luckily it wasn't too bad. We anchored in Bodkin Creek at 1430.