Cape May to Annapolis

Saying goodbye to another stop on the way south,
 Cape May, New Jersey.
Nice place to be now, no crowds!
This early departure headed south really makes a difference
in the marinas and towns.

As we transited the Cape May Canal headed west
into Delaware Bay we came upon a pair of bald eagles.
 This one is definitely giving us a message.
Only in New Jersey would you get mooned by an eagle!

The Cape May to Lewes, Delaware ferry terminal
 on the western end of the canal.

Heading up Delaware Bay.

We saw more commercial traffic on Delaware Bay

 than new York Harbor, one after another. 

This is a roro ship, roll on, roll off. 

Big doors on the port side and transom 

allow the ship to loaded quickly and easily.

Chesapeake Bay! The Bay Bridge just aside Annapolis.
 We are getting close to the end of this leg of our journey.
 The boat will stay in Annapolis
 while Ginny and I fly home for ten days or so.
 Then we plan to drive back up with everything we need for the boat.
 The trip home will be through the month of June.
This blog will be dormant for a while,
back up on May the twenty seventh.

This is a fitting welcome to Annapolis Harbor,
a beautiful staysail schooner.

We passed four of these "baby destroyers"
coming out from the naval academy.
Training vessels for the midshipmen,
missiles in their somewhere?

Annapolis City Docks.
We are tied up right downtown in the middle of everything.
It is so, so cool!

As our Useppa "Marine Mooch March" continues
today we met up with fellow Useppan expats Craig and Colleen Ligibel.
The "Lig's live here in Annapolis now and are wonderful hosts!

What a wonderful picture Ginny got of a beautiful lady
 in her wonderful gardens.
As we head south spring becomes more and more alive and vibrant!

We will be back!!