I am sure most of you are wondering where the heck we are as it has been ages since I had a chance to post a new blog! We didn't have any Internet in Baltimore so when I checked the e-mail today, we had 131 new messages to read!

Bruce and I went home for a few days, me to Sault Ste. Marie to see my mom, who is doing much better and in now in a convalescent home and receiving physiotherapy for her hip and getting 3 square meals a day, and Bruce to Mississauga for a couple of days. He returned to Baltimore a few days ahead of me to do some work on the boat and I went back on the 22nd of October just in time to help him celebrate his birthday. Only Jim and Karen were left at the dock so we all went out for great Indian food! We had hoped to leave on the 24th but as I have said a million times, everything is subject to change. This time the forecast was for 3 or 4 days of solid rain and we decided that we would rather spend it on a dock than on an anchor. Bruce's sister Bettyanne and her husband Ray were also planning to visit us on their way to Florida for the month so we thought it better for them also to be on a dock. It turned out to be a good decision as the weather was horrible! The last day of their visit did turn out to be in fact sunny by the late morning and this was the day we went into Washington for the entire day of sightseeing. We also managed a visit to the aquarium, dinner again at the great Indian restaurant in Baltimore and just had a great visit with them.

We finally left Baltimore on the 27th of October and went to Annapolis where we met up with Steve and Shirley and Mark and Carol. We also got a chance to see our friends that we met in Nova Scotia, Amy and Ken from the Mary T. We only stayed in Annapolis one night as the forecast was good and we wanted to keep moving while the weather was good. It had turned cold, but sunny and we needed to keep heading South as this was a reminder that winter was not far enough behind us. We went 50 miles or so to the Solomon Islands and anchored in the river. Heading into the anchorage we were treated to a mini airshow with military fighters and helicopters landing and taking off at a nearby airport. All 5 of the Canadian boats made it to the Solomon's but only 3 left for Jackson's Creek early the next day. Steve and Shirley and Mark and Carol needed a few days on a dock to get some work done. We are now in Jackson's Creek at the beautiful Jackson's Creek Yacht Club where the first night is free. We had planned to leave again this morning for Norfolk but changed our minds after listening to the forecast for the area for the next couple of days as they are calling for gale force winds as high as 40 knots and waves up to 8 feet. We will probably be stuck here for a couple of days and are now planning on leaving on Saturday. We had hoped to be stuck in Norfolk as it is a much larger city to explore but it is very beautiful and peaceful here. We finally got out the bikes for the first time today and rode around the town of Deltaville. Tomorrow we are hoping to get a car and go to the oyster festival in another nearby town. Hope it works out. Tonight we are all getting together for a potluck dinner in the clubhouse here. It has a kitchen and barbecue area and it seems that we have the whole place to ourselves. We can sleep well knowing that we are tied to a dock if the forecast is right. Hopefully we can get moving again soon. The nights have warmed up a bit and daytime temperatures are in the mid to high 60's.