LORD’S PRAYER LOG, Part 865:

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Anchored Lake Ogleton, Annapolis area, MD

0540 The sky looks clear this morning; the wind is light (SW 2-4 kts) and air temperature is 72°F.

0624 We start the engine and we start hauling up the anchor and washing down the chain. This is the last leg of our trip to home, a distance of 33 nm.

0632 Lord’s Prayer is underway.

0642 We exit lovely Lake Ogleton into the Chesapeake Bay and turn on course.

0646 Sunrise.

0728 We motor past Thomas Point Light and turn toward Bloody Point Light.

0755 We come into an area of a lot of floating debris just about the time we reach mid bay.

0822 At Bloody Point Light we head for the passage east of Poplar Island.

0844 The debris is scattered everywhere and in spite of our best efforts to avoid it, every now and then our propeller hits a twig or a small branch that we missed seeing. The bay water remains extremely muddy in color and so turbid that there is zero visibility beyond the surface. It is hard to imagine how much debris, mud, sewage, and other pollutants have washed down from the multi-state watershed of the Bay as a result of Irene and Lee.

0905 We cross a line behind Poplar Island where the water turns from mud brown to a more normal bay water green/blue and it is considerably clearer… but it only lasts till we are past Poplar Island and then the water surface is thick with debris again and muddy.

0958 After passing through Knapps Narrows into the Choptank River, we find ourselves in clean water. What a delight! It is great to be back in the Choptank. Chris adds: I’ll say! I have so many fond memories of boating on this river. I sit on the bow for a while and just remember……

1013 As we motor up the Choptank, we come across more floating logs and sticks… but it’s not muddy. We can see into the water and even see some Sea Nettle jelly fish.

1055 The water gets a bit muddier as we motor along, but nothing like it was in the Bay; we can still see into it… and then after passing to the east of Broad Creek we cross another line… a slick on the water extending back toward the mouth of the Choptank. There’s a good bit of debris in the slick and we dodge some logs to cross it. Once across the slick, the water is clearer and cleaner again; we look back and we can clearly see a distinct line between the clear water and the somewhat muddy water that we just left behind. This distinction is more obvious looking down sun rather than it was looking up sun as we were approaching it.

1239 We pass around Hambrooks Bar Light and turn for the entrance to Cambridge Creek. Chris adds: I hear from Brenda Hurley, my pastor’s wife. She and Pastor Jay are in their car on Riverside Drive watching us come in. We exchange a few texts and talk on the phone too. We next see them on Long Wharf – taking pictures. As we come closer to our slip we see Sue and Marshall Rickert waving from their balcony and Martha Cannon waving from her office window. It’s nice to be welcomed home!

1301 We enter the Creek and head for our slip.

1319 Lord’s Prayer is secured in her home slip in Cambridge Creek, MD after 82 days and 1516 nm voyaging to Maine and back. Our position here in the slip: 38 34.266 N 076 04.455 W. Engine time at shutdown: 269.8 hours.

END OF LORD’S PRAYER LOG, PART 865

END SUMMER VOYAGE 2011

Christine & Jim Kidd and Sailor Cat Harley

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