July 14, 2008.

Well, we’re still here. When we first arrived in Saint Michaels the inside anchorages were overflowing with boats at anchor. So we opted to anchor outside amongst a half dozen other boats. By the time Saturday night rolled around the anchorage around us had swelled to some fifty boats.

So our plan was to get up and take our time heading out to Wye Island for a few days. By the time we got up several boats were gone and as we ate breakfast we watched a steady stream of boats depart the anchorage. I guess the majority were here for the weekend and were now on their way home to start the workweek. Even most of the boats inside the harbor were leaving.

So instead of heading over to Wye we decided to relocate to the protected inner harbor here in Saint Mikes. So, at 1100 we weighed anchor, motored three quarters of a mile and dropped the hook once again.

We spent most of the rest of the day sitting on the boat watching boats come and go. In the late afternoon we decided to head out for a little dinghy tour to see the sights. The larger boat was towing the smaller boat, that much we got although the Queen Anne sofa on the roof did throw us.

The reason we had intended to go to Wye Island was to hide form a front that was due to hit. Once we were inside the harbor, we decided that we had enough protection to handle the forecast winds.

As soon as twilight started to settle in, the winds started to pick up. We had been facing south but in 30 seconds we were facing west, then northwest. The wind picked up to about 15 knots and there were gusts into the low twenties but we rode it out in relative calm.

So once again we’re off to Wye in the morning……maybe.