Day 1 of our Pirates Festival Cruise
Day 1 Thursday 10-16-14
Todays is the first day of our fall cruise with a destination of Ocracoke, NC for the Blackbeard Pirate Festival 10-31 and 11-1-4. Yea we got away from Horn Harbor Marina after taking on a little fuel and getting the holding tank pumped out. We left with a forecast of 10kt southerly winds on the Chesapeake Bay. The winds were more like 10-15 and then got kind of gusty to 21kts. So, instead of Portsmouth we pulled in Salt Ponds in Buckroe, VA. Kind of odd pulling into Salt Ponds today as it was the first place I docked Liquid Therapy after buying the boat in 2010. Still a nice place. WE docked about 2:15 and met 3 other boats headed south to the Bahamas. Kind of pulls at us to head on too. Not this year though. We had a nice meal at the restaurant at Salt Ponds marina, Waters Edge Bar and Grill. They had a great Seafood Mac & Cheese. The winds are calming as I write this. Tomorrow we might go to Portsmouth or continue a little further to Chesapeake. We are in no rush.
Todays picture is sunset at Salt Ponds...
Todays is the first day of our fall cruise with a destination of Ocracoke, NC for the Blackbeard Pirate Festival 10-31 and 11-1-4. Yea we got away from Horn Harbor Marina after taking on a little fuel and getting the holding tank pumped out. We left with a forecast of 10kt southerly winds on the Chesapeake Bay. The winds were more like 10-15 and then got kind of gusty to 21kts. So, instead of Portsmouth we pulled in Salt Ponds in Buckroe, VA. Kind of odd pulling into Salt Ponds today as it was the first place I docked Liquid Therapy after buying the boat in 2010. Still a nice place. WE docked about 2:15 and met 3 other boats headed south to the Bahamas. Kind of pulls at us to head on too. Not this year though. We had a nice meal at the restaurant at Salt Ponds marina, Waters Edge Bar and Grill. They had a great Seafood Mac & Cheese. The winds are calming as I write this. Tomorrow we might go to Portsmouth or continue a little further to Chesapeake. We are in no rush.
Todays picture is sunset at Salt Ponds...
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