Mahi Mahi- The May 21st : No Movement due to Wind/Rain, Hampton, Va

Hey blog readers,

Short update today.

Well, we have been hunkered down at Salt Ponds Marina all day 🙁

Inside the marina, it is very calm. Outside on Chesapeake Bay – the wind is whipping & the waves are crashing. Unless the weather changes from the current forecast, we may be stuck in Hampton Virgina yet another day tomorrow 😔.

Photo – Inside the Salt Ponds Marina – very calm.

Photo – Outside, on west side of Chesapeake Bay (the wind is out of the east, blowing across the entire bay).

The difference inside the marina vs outside in Chesapeake Bay is startling. This marina is Soooo protected, we are very lucky to be bedded down here. No actually not, we watch the weather intensely every day, we knew this was coming, and planned for it by our long day to get to Hampton yesterday.

Here is a map to show graphically how close in proximity our boat is to the open bay. We are only 1 minute car ride or 10 minute walk away from the bay, but the land, buildings, and trees are blocking all of the wind. Blue dot = Mahi Mahi, Red balloon = Chesapeake Bay

Jerry & I spent part of the day doing engine room checks, but the rest of the day was pretty boring.

I called one of my Alva Florida buddies Mike McCullough, to let him know that we were probably not gunna be able to hook up this week as previously planned. Mike & Tammy are some of our best friends in Florida. Their up north house is in Accomac Virginia, on the East side of Chesapeake Bay. Unfortunately, we had to go up the West side of the Bay due to the westerly wind this week.

We ended the night with a pot luck, left- over dinner out of Deena’s galley.

For nite-time activities, we spent about an hour talking about our parents & grandparents, and family. It’s amazing how much you can still learn about folks, even after almost 10 years of knowing each other.

I just read the preview blog to Deena. She said ” you forgot about the home-made chocolate chip cookies” (OMG 😳 ). They were indeed delicious.

Have a great night night folks 👋