Hudson Creek, MD

[Kevin's Post] Well, the rain finally let up on Wednesday, so we left St. Leonard's creek and went back to Solomons to take care of a few errands. I had ordered some metric box wrenches which hadn't arrived before we left, but they came while we were gone. Also we wanted to pick up a few things from West Marine and the grocery store before heading across the bay. As we motored through Solomons past our old slip at Beacon marina, we were shocked to see that a boat had sunk at the marina just a few slips from where we were. We had walked past this boat 5 times a day for the last month and immediately recognized it from its mast and rigging (which was all you could see above the water). The marina had put a ring of floats around the sunken boat to try to soak up any oil and fuel leaking from the it. It was an older boat, and we figure it must have had some leaks that allowed rain in, or a clogged cockpit scupper that wouldn't allow the rain out, and Ernesto was just too much for it to take. We felt bad that we had left just a few days earlier, if we had been there, we may have noticed it going down and could have done something. As we left Solomons this morning, we saw that they had managed to refloat the boat. This is not a simple thing to do, requiring divers, a couple barges and a lot of people. Getting the boat out of there no doubt cost more than the boat was worth in the first place. They had tied it to a barge and were pushing it out to the Patuxent. I'm not sure what they were going to do with it, but if we ever see Jerry the dockmaster again we'll have to get the rest of the story. They say that most recreational boats that sink, sink at their docks.

Today we cruised about 25 miles across to the East side of the Chesapeake to a place called Hudson Creek. We're anchored in a cove with a half dozen other boats. Pretty busy for a Friday afternoon, but I guess it is a popular spot. The weather has really cooled off, getting down to the low 60s at night and high 70s during the day. I've started wearing socks again for the first time in about 6 months.

Where we are:
Location=Hudson Creek, MD
Lat=38 32.464 N
Lon=76 14.702 W