Well this is our last day in Deltaville, what a day, dry sunny & warmish. People stopped all over the place to give us lifts. The folks here have been wonderful. We hit WM again for damp rid which we need badly, our V berth is almost uninhabitable, with all the moisture etc, so we have decided for the time being to turn it into a storage area & use the main cabin for our sleeping area. Tomorrow we decend on Hampton for a few days thanks to Snoodle Time. We are thinking of renting a car for the day to hit all the big stores, for clothes & storage bins for the V berth etc.. Also we will visit the areo space center which is just around the corner from our slip, Just got to try the Raptor Simulator!!!!! Also we discovered there is a beautiful hotel overlooking our slip, so we may splurge on a hotel room for the day/night, bath tub (Jen wants a bubble bath), king size bed & ---------!!!! Also we have to wait for our replacement alternator to arrive which seems to be delayed, but we do have power at the slip so we can plug in our 110v charger. We have had news that there may be a delay getting into the Dismal swamp due to a closure due to the high water levels from all the rain, but as we will be in a slip we can wait, it is going to be crazy with all the boats waiting to go south. Prim continues to run point for us on the ICW giving us daily notes to foillow, as in do not trust your charts/GPS!!!! it will put you in the right hand of a highway!!!! Hopefully ONE DAY we might get to catch up with them. We have a couple of Daxies to spoil/kidnap!!! only kidding Pokey, but then maybe............................
A special thanks to Jan & Hank on 'Octavia' our neighbors who invited us twice for a visit, once for drinks & last night for Itallian. We really hope we keep in touch & see them again, a wonderful couple.

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"I just saw a squirrel towing a BlueJay to get it going" Jennifer quip..........

It's still Nasty...Still cold & windy at least the rain seems to have let up a bit. We are going over to Octavia for pasta tonight & we will bring the wine.

Pokey. Take note of picture, this what happens to Admirals that steal the Captain's M & Ms

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Jennifer's update

I can't believe its been a week since we were in St. Mary's City. We arrived there last Thursday afternoon. Friday morning we dinked to shore, acquainted ourselves with the campus and then did the tour of the historic village. It was a nice sunny day; it was very reminiscent of Upper Canada Village back home. On Saturday we dinked ashore again to take advantage of their $10 brunch. It was lovely with lots of choices. We dinked back to Ruth, packed up and travelled about 3 miles to the next little bay Dennis Pt. It had a small marina which we opted for since laundry and a shower were in order. ($1.75/ft)The bonus was the Torpedo Bar and Grill. Managed by a lovely young lady named Lexi. We drank some $1 beers while the laundry was in; we enjoyed the chatter from the locals, wait staff and chef. We had supper there Sat night, we both had the steak special and the chef accommodated my request for baked potato instead of the fries that were offered. They were open at 8 for Sunday breakfast which we took advantage of. Momma Z offered us turkey breast for our thanksgiving on Monday. So off we left with enough turkey breast for three meals (thanks momma). We took off for Mill Creek (Wicomico River)which was about 37 miles away. The trip was nice, weather sunny and warm. We enjoyed a quiet anchorage there and on our Thanksgiving day I steamed up the turkey breast with some stove top stuffing, potatoes and carrots, since we technically were to be giving thanks for the harvest we cracked open the homemade pickled beets and salsa we brought from home, thanks Cathy & Mary. Oreo cookies were dessert. Tuesday we attempted to leave Mill Creek but we were facing 4-5 ft waves in the Wicomico and it was cold and nasty and uncomfortable, it didn't take Al long to say we are heading back, so we followed our path back and anchored just a bit north of the night before. We read, I knit ( a hat for Al because its getting cold)and Al continues to whip me at backgammon. Wednesday we woke to sun and a bit of warmth, the weather over vhf was still not sounding great but we thought we'd see for ourselves. As we entered the Wicomico we could see it was way tamer than predicted so it was a definite go until Al veered slightly off our plotted path on the gps and boom we were grounded and no amount of fudging or coaxing was going to get Ruth off. I guess it's happened enough to me now that I don't panic and think of the titanic and think I'm going down and my life doesn't flash before my eyes. Al tried dinking an anchor out and winching but he was way off from where he thought deeper water was, SO we played our TOW US card. It took them about an hour to come and about 20 minutes to get us off. You could tell how deep we were in by the churning up and roaring of their big engine. They got us off and the rudder was fine and we freely navigated to open water. We did about 23 miles and are now in Jackson Creek in Deltaville, Virginia I call it Smallville. We are anchored opposite the town dock in a bay with 3 other boats. We have met our neighbors Hank and Jan on Octavia. They are a lovely couple from Maryland and we shared the ride to Toby's restaurant and dined with them on Wednesday night. Diner was lovely and it was nice to socialize, it was cold and dark when we got back to the dinghy. Al descended the grassy slope to the dinghy and disappeared in a eroded hole between the wood and the land up to his chest, Jan, Hank and I scurried to see if he was OK, he said he was as he extracted himself. We dinked back to the boat. It didn't take medical knowledge to know Al was injured. We think at least he has bruised ribs on the bottom right. There is certainly a colorful bruise on his side. At the worst they could be fractured. He was not interested in seeking medical attention. Since my eldest bro at home had just fractured some ribs we knew not much could be done other than pain management. We have lots of ibuprofen so Al started off with a good loading up of that. Hank and Jan had invited us for cocktails last evening but Al was not up for getting in and out of the dinghy. He is better today but still walking a bit gingerly. We have accepted the invite to visit with Hank and Jan later today. This would be our first official visit with other cruisers, as cruisers. So I am taking a simple appetizer. Jan is a knitter so I'm eager to have knit chat. Yay. Other than that we have decided to stay here till Tuesday, that's the first day it looks like it may be decent. When Al feels up to it we will dink over for gas in the jerry cans and he wants to go to the hardware store. Fortunately we stocked up on M&M's (comfort food)so we won't have to make the 2 mile trip to the $ store for more. We are looking forward to getting to Hampton to meet Snoodle time. I'm looking forward to getting further south; the cold is catching up with us.
Ps Hope to update out Picassa album today... Any suggestions as to how to cope with the moisture in the boat at night. Damp rid etc?

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