Day 280: Lots of Gray (except for 5 minutes)

Solomons Island, MD to Jackson Creek South anchorage Deltaville, VA

October 24, 2022 (published on 10/25 because we didn’t have internet in Deltaville)

This gray weather is pretty terrible – although the rain has stopped, the sun has not come out and it’s just monotone gray. Every now and then we can see a few trees with their autumn colors.

Leaving Solomons – there are are few red-leaved trees

It’s just mostly flat and gray, although we occasionally get some waves. This makes it tough to read, which is one of the ways we pass the time.

Absolutely gray

There was a definite strange moment where there were a bunch of gulls floating; there was some sunlight breaking through for just a couple of minutes. Luckily they stayed on the water because we have a canvas top on Lailia and we definitely didn’t want a Birds moment.

Gulls on the water
No one tied up the dinghy

This anchorage is very sheltered with no wind or waves. There’s several boats in here but there’s a lot of room (and with no wind or current, we won’t be moving too much).

The anchorage is really protected

It was comfortable enough for us to eat dinner in the cockpit and we are glad we did – we had about five minutes of gorgeous color in the sky before the sun was too low to make much color.

We’re hopeful that tomorrow will be brighter as we head north to Portsmouth.

A few minutes of “Sailors’ delight”
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Author: Chris McLean

Sailor, reader, baker, nature lover.

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