Sailed past Annapolis hoping to put ourselves a little further south. Many, many sailing races underway. Seems like hundreds of boats. Tom had to weave his way between racing boats, channel marks, freighters and other sailors just enjoying the day. Good thing he likes a challenge! Wind variable but picked up in the afternoon. Colder and colder as day continued. We put into the Rhode River and threw out the anchor in a beautiful cove behind high island. High island is not high at all. The foliage is fading but there are still many yellows and reds along with some bare trees. We had turned the clocks back and boy did it get dark early! Set out for Solomons the next am . It was quite literally freezing and the kayak was frost covered. Cold but mostly sunny. Wind picked up as the day went on . Close to 20Knots on the bay when we got in but the harbor is protected and the wind didn't seem too wild once inside. Solomons is fun -again off season and not crowded. The predicted front came screaming through about 5 am poured and howled until about 10: 00 am . We shoved off after front with a cold breeze on the nose. Still wearing full regalia these days, long underwear, turtleneck, sweater, fleece and fleece vest, with a jacket for topper. Hats and gloves required. God help us if we fall over. Sailed past a couple of those great screwpile lights typical of the Chesapeake. Tacked our way across the wide Potomac River and we were into VA. We felt a little sad to leave so much of the Bay unvisited but the wind was cold and strong and south is calling us!
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