Until a day ago, I was sailing through places to get to where I wanted to go. Now I'm in one of those places - Chesapeake Bay, home of river and creeks, charming towns and too many destinations to choose from.

I motored out of the C&D Canal Sunday morning - a long motor with both current and wind from the head (the direction I was moving). The C&D is different from the Cape Cod Canal in that it's a transit route for large ships - you can see one in my photo gallery. When I would see one coming, I would move towards the side of the canal to give them larger berth.

Then the run down the bay towards the Sassafras River and Georgetown, where I had a reservation for two nights. The Sassafras winds around with the countryside getting closer and closer. Georgetown is a marina town, with hundreds of boats at the docks and moorings.

I made my routine list of 'things to do' - figuring with the remnants of Nate coming through, it was a good time to catch up. On the list: plan itinerary, call marinas in Florida to find a place to leave Grace in December when I fly back home, do laundry, go shopping for food, and work on my battery charging problem. The whole morning was spent on the battery charging problem, including an hour-long phone call and many texts with my friend Jay. Lots of taking voltage readings, removing the alternator and seeing if I could get the old one in (I couldn't), having my two batteries tested (my NEW one is bad! Not completely bad, and I will live with it until ). I could never find what the problem was, did install a new fan belt - and the problem 'went away'... Frankly, I'm not sure if I had a problem - just odd behavior that made me think I had a problem. We'll see.

I got pretty much everything else on the list done - grocery shopping entailed a 3.5 mile round-trip walk, but have still not figured out an itinerary for the next seven days. Too many choices, and I want to go slow and take it easy. I do have a destination for today - the Magothy River, very scenic with lots of anchorages, but after that, still don't have a plan.

Last evening was beautiful on the Sassafras. Nice steak and potatoes dinner, with red wine, phone call with my son Andrew, conversation with a man on the boat next to me, and a fantastic sunset. You can see a picture in the Gallery.

Side note - I am not impressed with the Map function. I believe I have set up right... but it doesn't show anything. So continue to look here for where I am.