I finished the last of my 36 radiation treatments on August 26. The next day we took off for 5 days on Breeze On. We didn't have a particular destination in mind, it depended on the direction and strength of the wind. The freedom to spend more than one night on the boat without rushing home for my radiation treatments mattered more to us than where we were going. As we were leaving Cambridge we sailed by this little vessel. It is on the market for a mere seven million dollars!
The wind was predicted to be very light on the day we left but, in fact, we had 8-9 knots of a lovely cool breeze. It was so cool that George positioned himself to be in the sun just to stay warm.
We sailed 28.5 nautical miles and dropped our anchor in San Domingo creek, the "back door" to St. Michaels.
St. Michaels is a busy, popular tourist town on the Eastern shore of Maryland. From San Domingo creek we can take our dinghy and tie up to a bulkhead next to a dock used by the watermen.
From there we can walk about 1/2 mile into town and avoid the summertime craziness of the Miles River and town harbor. After a peaceful night and morning in the anchorage we took the dinghy to the dock and walked into town.
We spent a few hours walking around and looking in the shops before celebrating the end of radiation with dinner at 208 Talbot, a very nice restaurant in St. Michaels. We returned to the boat for another night in San Domingo Creek and watched the moon rise as the sun set. The reflection in the water was just beautiful.
The next day we had a decision to make; sail north to Annapolis or south to the Little Choptank. The wind was more favorable for sailing north but we didn't want to fight the weekend crowd in Annapolis so we opted to sail south to the Little Choptank. We were sailing upwind and had to tack almost the entire distance but it was still a lovely day of sailing. We knew we were going to be using our inflatable dinghy again so we opted to travel with it on the deck rather than deflate it and put it in our storage "garage". It was quite a challenge for me to see over it, though. I had to stand on a stool to see where I was going.
We dropped our anchor in Madison Bay and found that we were the only boat anchored in this large bay. We made arrangements for our friends, Dawn and Ray, to meet us at the boat ramp and they would drove us to the Island Grill restaurant on Taylor's Island. We don't normally eat out when we are traveling on Breeze On but I still felt like celebrating the end of my radiation treatments! We had a great meal with great friends and dinghied back to Breeze On in the dark.
The wind the next day was again surprisingly good for the sail back to the Choptank River. For a time it seemed as if we were all alone on the Chesapeake Bay.
We took advantage of the good wind by sailing all the way to the anchorage closest to our home, LaTrappe Creek. Even though it is the closest it is also one of the nicest.
Our five day freedom cruise was a thoroughly enjoyable celebration. One final note, (TMI alert), we used our new composting head and really like it.
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