Docked at Sunset Marina in Ocean City, MD
Mal booked my flight back to Baltimore this morning so am all set to go home for a few days while the boat gets engine work done in Norfolk. Then I went for a nice walk over to the one love smoothie cafe and had a good large coffee (mini moka pot is great but, mini) and a really nice smoothie. Chatted with the owner (?) and she was so nice. This shop is really great. And they have hot stuff too, and serve everything all day. Plus ethiopian food! She told me how to walk over to the beach so maybe I'll do that in the afternoon. Will do some cleaning and packing and snack prep for leaving tonight. So far both windy and predict wind say there should be 5kt or less at midnight which should facilitate our exit. Then it drops down to even less out in the ocean so we will motor down to Norfolk. It's a bummer not to sail, but it does simplify things which is probably just as well for my first overnight passage. Am a little nervous about the low moonlight. We have a really powerful torch on board for exiting the marina and inlet, and out in the ocean will use the AIS and radar and chart plotter and just watch for lights. I think I'll set up my small drybag in the cockpit with my camping battery for the phone, last of my babybel cheeses, a peanut butter sandwich or two (can I find foil or something to pack them though?) and maybe some other stuff. Really wish I had thought to bring a thermos or something for coffee. I stopped at the bait shop at the marina to see if I could get a couple diet cokes or something to have on hand as a pick me up but they just had fountain soda. For next time, I would bring my soup thermos to prep something ahead of time, and also the blue and red one for a big coffee. (Probably will have to make 3 mini mokapot's worth.) Of course, those are pretty bulky so, idk if I can spare the luggage space. May need to re-prioritize. It's hard to know exactly what the day to day will be on potential future trips though as every skipper and trip/boat will be different.