Havre de Grace

Sunday 10-4-09

Left Still Pond and motored over to Havre de Grace ("Harbor of Mercy" as spoken by Marquis de Lafayette)

I've been unable to find a free unsecured wifi signal for several days.  There's lots of signals, but someone must have warned them I was coming.

On the way over, I was careful not to stray into the restricted area. 

We again saw the Mystic Whaler.  Same boat we saw in the marina in Baltimore.

NOAA issued a small craft warning again for today.  You can see from this shot of Grey Goose how hazardous it was where we were.

I wanted to stay at the Havre de Grace city marina (cheap).  I tried to call from Still Pond to make a reservation, but we had no cell phone signal.  As we got out into the bay, I was able to reach them.  They close at noon today, but told us to take any open end of their "T" docks.  Not sure what the tidal range is here, but at low tide it's a good place to study how the dinghy fits on the roof.  I tried it right side up this time.  Pulled it up over the transom.  Got the bow on the outboards, went up on the roof, and pulled it on up.  Don't think I like it this way.

We took our bicycles for a tour of the town.  They don't have any model ships in their museum.  Havre de Grace is the "Duck Decoy Capital of the World" so their museum is full of model ducks.  

Here's a photo of our boats in the marina.  We're on the end of pier 4.

Here's a little closer shot of the end of pier 4 with Frank waving.

  

Frank and Pat will be leaving us tomorrow.  We really enjoyed having them as well as Mike and Lita join us. 

We're headed to Chesapeake City tomorrow.  It's a small town along the C & D Canal.  After that, we plan to turn around and start back south.  I think we'll stop in Baltimore again to go to an exhibit about L. Di Vinci at the Science Center.  The marina where we stayed is still offering the "free" rate next week.