We left Fishing Bay and came out into a bay of 15mph winds and 3 to 4 foot seas. We decided to forge ahead in hopes that what we were seeing would inprove to what the weatherman had forecast. About 4 hours of rocking and rolling and rising and falling, we decided to duck in to Mill Creek, Va to have lunch and see if things would calm down. When we came back out into the bay after lunch we had winds below 8 and normal 1 to 2 foot seas from there to Solomons, Md. Even crossing the Potomac was relatively calm despite its nasty reputation. We are now anchored in the beautiful and peaceful Mill Creek, Md, just off the river into Solomons. Today's picture is of a hitchhiking butterfly who actually flew in behind the dodger (to get out of the nasty winds?). The weather forecast is decent for tomorrow but getting worse each day after so we hope to make our home port in Queens Landing tomorrow. The Captain