The Eve of Departure

The time has finally come that we can move on from Oxford after 7 weeks of boat work and personal medical catching up.

A beautiful sunset over the Chesapeake Bay.

On the boat we added some things that we either knew we needed but didn't add before or that we found we needed along with repairs for the stuff that broke. On our medical side we took care of regular periodic stuff  we needed and fixed the stuff they found. Our objective was to get ready to go cruising.

Looking at the Bay shore.

Tonight we celebrated with dinner out to toast our last night in Oxford. Oxford is a beautiful town and we could stay here until winter but we have places to go and people to meet!

We came in with a list of 41 things to accomplish on the boat and we got most of them done. The big things were to get a new windlass motor to replace the one that broke, we got the autopilot replaced because the old one moaned too much, we got some leaks fixed, replaced hinges on 2 hatches and added a WIFI booster along with some periodic services.

A car carrier heading to Baltimore with a load of imported cars. The Chesapeake has many busy ports that see many ships every day.

At this point we have only 2 items on the boat to resolve before we head south in the Fall and go off on extended cruising.

We have also started reworking our insurance to match our sailing.

A view of Annapolis Harbor.

We got the charts for the summer and investigated the ones we need for gong forward.

As busy as I was when I was working I think I am busier now! But everything is different. Being here and falling into things we did in our previous life has sort of sucked us back into the way we were before.  But when we leave here tomorrow we're back into cruising mode which is much more fun.

To you folks still working: give it up and hit the trail. You will never regret it!

It doesn't get any better than this.