We left Herrington Harbor after 7am, of course we had plans to leave earlier but Sweet Tides's alarm did not go of, but it was still early enough (by my book maybe not Juan's). Zorra, Nehalenia and Last Call were all awake to see us off, and they escorted us for a an hour or so. It was sad to see them turn back.
The wind was on our nose, temperatures on the 40s, but our enclosures kept us protected. We had planned to go all the way to Deltaville but as we got to the mouth of the Potomac the water got really rough, 4 foot waves on the bay are surprising to say the least, and were coming from every which way, the wind was hitting 20 knots, so with all of that and the current against us we were at least 2knots below our speed over water. After Smith Point it had not got much better so we ended up deciding to tuck in at the Wycomico. Idette found Mills Creek on her guide and it was absolutely perfect. We were anchored and tied at 5:37. We had dinner immediately and by 8 were fast asleep, with every intention of leaving at 6 today but - well we left at 7, although we did wake up at five.
We are now motoring down the bay, the temperature is 57.6, it's sunny and the wind is only 6 knots. It's almost warm!! Tonight we will stay at Tidewater marina past Norfolk, at least that is the plan!
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