AquaFennatic Great Loop Blog: St Michaels Maryland to Annapolis Maryland

May 27^th – It was a warm day that started out sunny and then clouded over in the afternoon with intermittent showers. We are enjoying the St Michaels area and there’s lots of long weekend boating traffic thus our plan is to stay here for the weekend. We went to the dingy dock this morning with Mark and Karen and walked along the nature trail from one end to the other. Maria and I stopped by the grocery store to pick up a few things while Mark and Karen decided to check out a few shops. There was a great deal on ribs thus Maria and I returned back to the boat to put things into the fridge and shortly after it started to rain. I decided to top up our batteries with distilled water and check the boat fluids while the engine compartment was cool. Our son Sean contacted us and I walked him through steps to get our John Deere running so he can cut the grass … and he was successful. There’s a high probability of rain all afternoon thus we’re just going to stick around the boat today. Tomorrow looks like it will be a better day to spend more time in the town.

May 28^th – It was a warm day with a mix of sun and clouds in the morning followed by a rainy afternoon. We are still hanging around St Michaels and we’ve heard that another Looper, Scott and Karen “Last Call”, is joining us at the anchorage today. When they arrived we went into town with Mark and Karen (Captains Choice) and Scott and Karen (Last Call). The group of us walked through the town and checked out the marina then stopped at the Carpenter Street Saloon for a cold one … but the music was too loud … thus we moved on and made reservations at Awful Arthurs for dinner and then walked over to Eastern Shore Brewing Company for a cold one and then headed back to Awful Arthurs for dinner. And finally we headed back to the boat in the dark and in the rain but we had a great time with some great folks.

May 29^th – It was a hot sunny day with light winds. Today will be our last day in St Michaels thus we headed into town one last time for a good walk. When we got back to the boat I checked the props and zincs to ensure they were OK and then I checked the bottom for barnacles to determine if I needed to clean the bottom. The water was warm but it wasn’t very clear thus it was difficult to see thus I had to use my hands to explore for barnacles and I didn’t find many thus I decided to delay my bottom cleaning job until the water is clearer. Afterwards Maria and I sat on the front of the boat to top up our tan and later in the day we had a great BBQed dinner. After dinner Mark, Scott and the two Karens came over to our boat to socialize and discuss our next moves.

May 30^th – It was a cool cloudy day with moderate winds and chance of thunderstorms. We left our St Michaels anchorage and headed 41 miles north to Annapolis Maryland and grabbed a mooring ball in Spa Creek. Scott and Karen on “Last Call” travelled to Annapolis as well but we said our goodbyes to Mark and Karen on “Captains Choice” last night since they had other plans. The weather was crappy thus I decided to pay some bills and catch up on the blog while it was laundry day for “Last Call”. A Looper that we haven’t seen in some time “Sanctuary” has invited both us and “Last Call” to dinner tonight. We’ve heard that we’re not supposed to bring anything, however Maria is going to make some bread in the bread maker since she never likes to go empty handed.