6-20-09:  Very fun weekend thanks to Lagoon.  We participated in the "Lagoon Escapade", a rendezvous for Lagoon owners.  It started last night with a cocktail party/barbeque in Annapolis, then we had a day sail to St. Michaels today, followed by a crab dinner.  We were one of 10 boats participating in the weekend, and one of 3 that did the day sail from Annapolis to St. Michaels.  We really enjoyed having Nick Harvey (Director of Lagoon America) & Brian Hermann (our broker from Catamaran Company) on board for the rainy, but fun sail. 

6-26-09:  We decided to hang around in St. Michaels for a couple days after the Lagoon event.  We went in to the marina for some time on the dock to pump out, fill the water tanks, provision, do laundry and take Quinn to the pool.  Then we anchored out for one more night in the harbor.  Left St. Michaels yesterday and we're anchored in Solomons now waiting out some possible weather and taking advantage of fairly easy access to West Marine.  We're planning to head out again tomorrow as we make our way back to Yorktown, VA for the 4th of July festivities... and a week on the dock with a pool. 

While we were docked in St. Michaels, we ran into a few people we had met last summer at North Point Marina and heard there were more anchored in the harbor.  Sorry we missed you, Randy!

7-5-09:  After stops at Sandy Point, VA and Fishing Bay, VA, we made it to Gloucester Point (across the river from Yorktown) on June 30.  We spent one night at anchor in the river before moving to the dock on July 1.  Met some really nice people, including Peggy from "Simplicity", who took me to a Super Wal-mart so I could do some provisioning.  We've been having a great time at the marina - Quinn got to go swimming at the pool, we saw the F-15 flyover, then the slipholders on Pier 1 threw a very fun dock party, and the day ended with a fabulous fireworks display put on by the city of Yorktown.  We had a front row view from the bow of Mirasol for the fireworks.  Today is a bit rainy, so we're just hanging out so far, doing laundry and debating if we're going to take Quinn to Busch Gardens tomorrow or not.

7-6-09:  One more provisioning trip tomorrow before we return the car, one more load of wash, then we plan to leave Yorktown on Wednesday and start making our way toward Annapolis for a visit with the Krauses.  Quinn can't wait to see Abby, his "very special girlfriend".

7-7-09:  We did end up renting a car and taking Quinn to Busch Gardens yesterday.  We had been telling him that we had a surprise for him, and we weren't going to tell him what it was until we got there.  Sadly, he asked if we were taking him to a REALLY BIG West Marine.  Any reservations we had about going to Busch evaporated with that. He had an absolute blast.  He is such a little adrenaline junkie.  He was just big enough to ride a few of the wilder rides and he had no fear.  You can't really tell from the photos (except for the "Germany" ones), but if you haven't been, the park is divided into European country sections.  It was pretty cool.  Living on a boat, we didn't buy any of the touristy crap, but we did leave with some great memories and a very happy & tired little boy.

7-10-09:  Very nice marina in Crisfield. The town looks like it may have enjoyed more prosperous times. 

7-13-09:  Back at Solomons for a couple nights.  Took 4 attempts to get the anchor to set - we may have choose a new spot here. 

7-19-09:  Today was Quinn's 4th birthday.  We had breakfast on the boat, then went into Annapolis for a while to have lunch and do some shopping before the Krauses had to head back to Chicago.  We had a wonderful visit with them and poor Quinn is beside himself that Abby has left.

7-20-09:  One last piece of business before we leave Annapolis, Quinn's 4-year checkup at the pediatrician, then it's off to Rock Hall.  Looking forward to seeing everyone at North Point again.  Kind of feels like we're going home.