The Kraken below

 Wow, where do I start??  The day started out with a beautiful sunrise and there it ends.  Captain Pam took the boat off the dock at 7am. I did a good job with the help of David.  It was going great, right up until it hit the fan!!  The throngs of people already on their boats for a day of fishing noticed the name on our boat and wanted to have a conversation,  not a good idea.  As we got near the red buoy, the current, the swift current, caught us and started pushing the boat onto the buoy.  We totally got shoved into it and what a horrible, horrible noise. The rub rail took the brunt of the collision.  We haven't been able to really look closely but we're pretty sure there's no damage other than our egos.  Well, crap, the kraken won today.  This is the first time we have had "a moment" on the boat.  I must say, it was bound to happen sooner than later and I'm kind of glad it's behind us.  The weather was a little snotty for awhile, wind blowing up to 24 knots.  Our "don't go" limit is 15 knots.  The swell was about 2',  completely tolerable.  I did sneak in a nap and even David went down to watch a car race while I drove.   Our slip in the marina gave us 6 spare inches on each side of the boat, barely enough to put a fender down between us and the pilings.  Good job Capt Dave for greasing her into another small slip.  The boat looked so pretty when we left this morning but she took on so much water, the entire boat was salty.  We gave her a quick rinse and wipe down so she looked like a princess again.  Last time we were here in Solomons, we borrowed the marina's bicycles and went for a ride through town, we did the same thing again and stopped at the key lime store for dessert.  Hope it's as good as it was before.  We were headed back to the boat and there was a lady walking on the sidewalk, I slowed down so as not to run over her, started to wobble and then ker-plunck, landed on my arse.  It's been a few years since I have fallen off a bicycle.  With only a little road rash to complain about We settled in for a nice  happy hour on the flybridge (first time we have done that, it's heavenly, I must admit).  We also have the front row seats for the wedding that is taking place.  Both bride and groom work here at the marina, she is a diesel mechanic, gossip didn't include what the groom does.  The ceremony was the shortest one I have ever seen.  It started with Welcome Friends, thank you for being here.  Do you Chaz take Kate to be your.....90 seconds later it was over.  So far it's a pretty tame crowd.  We're hoping, if there is a band, it's good, there's nothing like a really bad band that won't stop playing, like we've had the last 2 nights, ha!

The military doing practice fly-bys.

The freighters.


                                                            Happy Hour on the flybridge.


                                                                    Bride and Groom


                                            Bride and Groom in the golf cart  off to take pics.


                                                                Pretty place to get married.


Normal size cargo ship on the right and the biggest cargo ship we've seen yet, ginormous, on the left.


                                            We were 1/2 mile away and it still looks that big!


                                                        Sunrise, right before it hits the fan.


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