Tuesday October 12th, we left the Cohansey River and continued up the Delaware to the C&D (Chesapeake and Delaware) Canal. We had very light winds and it was on our nose, so we had to motor. We left at 8am, entered the canal at 1pm and arrived at Chesapeake City at 3pm. They have city docks where you can spend 1 night for free, so we tied up. Mom and dad anchored in the bay. Along the dock were three single handers, which we talked with for a while. 2 were Americans who were very experienced and have had many offshore adventures and the other was a Canadian who just recently bought a 39 footer and was going down to the Florida keys with his adorable dog Kelly. We were offered and could not refuse a few cold beer. What a treat!
The next day we arranged for a ride to a grocery store with the dockmaster. He picked us up at 10am and drove us across the canal to a HUGE grocery store! Mom and I were in awe and could have probably spent all day there look at all the brands and different foods. We had to hurry because the gentleman insisted on waiting for us and driving us back! We rushed through and finished in about 1 hour, and then had to try to find a place in the boat for all our food. It was good that we stocked up because we are told that there isn’t good place until Norfolk, Virginia. We left Chesapeake city just after 12 and headed into the Chesapeake Bay. We have heard so many great things about the Chesapeake so I was particularly excited to be going there. We are going to spend a little time exploring a few of its many rivers and creeks. We anchored in Still Pond Creek, which is very protected, peaceful, but quite shallow…so my parents happened to go aground a few times until a local advised them on a better place in the creek to anchor. We might be here for a couple days, as strong winds are forecasted until Sunday. Our next destination will be Annapolis.
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