A different kind of busy week

When we started cruising 2 years ago one of the challenges we needed to meet was how to continue our medical concerns. Having lived in Northern Virginia for 13 years we had established relationships with a number of medical practices and without having another place where we would be for any length of time we decided to keep our established relationships until some time in the future when we settle elsewhere. So to simplify the requirements we schedule all of our annual appointments in one week. If we have follow-ups we schedule them as we can. This was the week.

Ready to roll.

Anticipation.

Splashdown.

After having the boat on the hard for 2 weeks we got the hull damage from the mooring ball fixed, the hole from the sonar filled and the bottom painted. So to our pleasure we got launched Monday morning (13th June) and after checking out the bow thruster repairs we headed west across the Bay.

On our trip over there was a J-120, Logos sailing from Oxford and we exchanged pictures. Of course motoring without sails is barely worthy of note.

The morning was beautiful with some nice wind that we could have sailed but our sails were still being serviced and not due back for another week. So we motored nicely to our temporary slip on Rockhold Creek at Shipwright Harbor in Deale, Md. We had a car reserved for our week's transportation so after washing the boat we got our car and the rush began.

Rockhold Creek.

Each day we had our multiple appointments for physicals, dental exams, eye exams and other reviews.  But we scheduled lunches and dinners with friends each day so we began with a commute in rush hour traffic and got home after dark. Friday afternoon ended with grocery shopping at the Commissary and Wegman's as we begin to rebuild our long-term stores. Friday night ended with an HHSA Dock Hop where we got to visit with many of our old friends and made new ones.

We left Shipwright Saturday and went back across the Bay to Oxford but before going back in the Boatyard we anchored out in Plain Dealing Creek on a beautiful night. Next day back in the Boatyard for more work.

Plain Dealing Creek.