Weather was not quite as hot as we were motor sailing to
Solomons Island. There was enough wind for motor sailing and the flies
were not as aggressive. We approached the outer Solomon's entrance at
1430. By 1530, we were anchored in Mill Creek at the intersection with
St. John's creek (our usual place). Our family of ospreys greeted us
with a new batch of chicks.
We left Mill Creek at 0600 with the plans for
a leisurely sail to Shipwright. All sails up (a rare sight) as we
entered the Chesapeake not near the LPG platform. There was actually a
ship berthed on the platform. Nothing unusual except we were excited
about home porting Jule III in Herring Bay again.
We arrived at Herring #1 at 1230 today. Scotty was there
to pick up our lines on F6, and we very happy to be here. The marina
looked much better than we remember (because it is), many of our old
marina mates were still there as well as folks we met time in the
Abacos. Good to be home!
Our home port makes it easy both our
Vienna and Richmond families. After our arrival on 2 June, we went to the annual Shipwright pig barbecue (1.e., pig pickin), poolside happy hours, a few visits to Vienna, and going to a new church in Owensville. We will leave Jule III on 17 June for roughly three months. See you then.