Dead Calm
07 May 2010 | Just off Poplar Island, Chesapeake Bay
Mike
The fisherman are so nice here in the Chesapeake. They all get out of our way. Maybe it's because when they look in our cockpit, this is what they see. I am writing this blog in the picture. The fishermen must know not to stand in the way of this high-end journalism. There is barely a ripple on the water today. We are only about 45 miles away from our destination, and we may be motoring the whole way. Chip saw an interesting sight last night. In the middle of Chesapeake is a sunken destroyer with the entire superstructure showing. It apparently was scuttled intentionally many years ago to serve as a target for bombing practice! Ah, the good old days when you could sink a giant ship in a fragile ecosystem and then bomb the shit out of it. I'm getting a little teary-eyed with nostalgia. Your on-the-water reporter, Mike