On Saturday, the southern part of the Chesapeake Bay was flat calm. It was the calmest we've ever seen the bay! After motor sailing 73 miles in a little over 11 hours, we anchored in Mill Creek off the Great Wicomico River in VA, with s/v SeaQuest rafting to us. It was our last night together, at least for this trip. Bud and Jen presented us with the most amazing memory board of pictures and sayings of our trip together. (Not that we could ever forget them or this trip!) We spent the evening enjoying appetizers, shrimp and grits, and a game of straight, old school Farkle. Needless to say, there were also a few tears shed.

Early Sunday morning after hugs and tears, we left our anchorage and motor sailed out Mill Creek and watched a beautiful sunrise as we entered the bay. The trip up the bay was pretty comfortable with 1 to 2 foot swells. The winds continued to increase and were pretty gusty. We turned off the motor and enjoyed a quick and comfortable SAIL up the bay. As we turned toward the eastern shore, we waved goodbye to Bud and Jen as s/v SeaQuest continued up the bay. It got rather choppy with the wind on our beam as we SAILED into the Little Choptank River and dropped the sails at the mouth of Fishing Creek. What a great way to end the day and our amazing journey!

We were gone about 6-1/2 months and traveled 3029 miles on our trip down the East Coast to the Florida Keys and Marathon, up the Gulf Coast as far as Punta Gorda, across the Okeechobee Waterway, and back up the East Coast to Maryland. We feel very blessed to have made lifelong friendships as we visited many new places and met family and friends along the way while enjoying the journey and the incredible beauty all around us!!!