Delaware Bay was long and boring as expected, but the anchorage behind Reedy Island was actually pretty as long as you only looked west. The massive nuclear power plant kind of dominated the landscape to the east. The next day we carried a favorable current through the C and D Canal, and came on down the Chesapeake Bay to Bodkin Creek near Baltimore. Eos will spend the winter indoors at the Pleasure Cove Marina warehouse, so we will not have to worry about winterizing systems.
Since arriving here on 9/25, we have been busy with cleaning, packing , and making plans for our return to Santa Barbara. Having a rental car gives us a lot more flexibility, so we have been able to see some of the neighborhood.. We also took a 3 day road trip to Shenandoah National Park where we stayed 2 nights at the historic Skyland Resort. The leaves are turning colorful at the higher elevations, and it was fun hiking a little of the Appalachian trail. Seeing names like Front Royal, Thornton Gap, and Luray (where we toured the caverns) brought back memories.
We have about a week left before the boat is hauled and stored. Sorting through several years of accumlated "stuff" and shipping multiple boxes home will more than fill our time. We will have to make one day trip to fill the fuel tanks, but otherwise our boat travels are over for this year.
We will return home on 10/17 and settle in for the longest stretch in our house since leaving at the end of 2008. The boat will be relaunched in April and hopefully by then we will have decided on a general plan for next year.
Blog posting will be limited until next year, although it's impossible to stop grandparents from showing holiday pictures of the grandkids.