Rock Hall & Chesapeake City MD July 14-17

If it seems we are moving slow, it's because the Erie Canal is still closed.
Should open The first week in August.
We need to go thru the Erie Canal to get back to the Great Lakes.
Canada is also still closed so we will skip that and travel back in that area next summer.

Traveling to Rock Hall MD we are approaching the Chesapeake Bay Bridge

This ship was anchored, so it was easy to get around her.

Passed this ship on the way up the bay.

Under the Bay Bridge

Great day on the water.

Maggie Jo in Rock Hall MD right behind her was our 

friends Christine and Joe on Seabatical it was fun to catch up with them!!

Sorry for the bad photo.  In Rock Hall.
This Ice Cream was great. Cow to the Cone in less than 48 hours.
Meet up with our friends on "Seabatical" who we haven't seen since Florida. 

Met this vessel coming out of the C & D Canal (Chesapeake & Delaware)
where we will cross to the Delaware Bay.

We spent two nights on a free wall in Chesapeake City on the C & D canal
waiting for wind and waves to settle on the Delaware Bay.

Can't leave the Chesapeake without eating some Hard Shell Crabs.

Herrington Harbour North Beach MD June 2020

We were at Herrington Harbour Marine for 30 days. Very nice.
We were on the O dock and the T dock. Long walk to the office and pool.

These flowers were bigger than my hand.

Every couple of years we have gotten to connect with Steve and Sheila (Steve and Tom were roommates in the early 70's)  This time we were just a couple of miles from them and we had fun getting to meet some of their friends and
going to some of their favorite spots.  We had to have one beer at this ship bar.  Thanks to them
we got a ride to the airport and picked up , provisions and lots of fun in between. 

Flying back to North Dakota and Iowa for our son's wedding, family time, and business.

Ben and Samantha and Maggie May and Delta.
Wedding was near Mayville ND, my birthplace. We were surprised
that our son Chris came from Kansas City , even though it was on his wife
graduation day and now is a Pediatrician.  Thank you Rachel!!!

Went to Bismarck ND to take care of some family business and to see my sisters.
Also stopped at the Veterans Cemetery by Fort Lincoln south of Mandan ND where my parents ashes are buried.

Samuel (our grandson) what can we say? He had grown so much
since Christmas and talks. Following him around and playing with him can wear you out but what a blessing.
Oh yes we had fun with Mom (Emily) and Son in Law Joshua.  Tom and Josh worked on framing out
their storage area in basement.  Emily and I worked on getting the baby girls room ready for end of August. 

Solomon Islands June 5-7

Coming into the Solomon Island aircraft landing at the
Naval Air Station were only a couple hundred feet over us.

We rode our bike to the Anmarie Sculpture Garden and Art Center.

Beautiful Sunset in the Solomons

We had visitors - Steve Stoller (housemate in Minneapolis in the 70's) and
his wife Sheila (classmate of mine from where I grew up, Linton ND).

Nice cliffs leaving the Solomons heading north.