Last Monday June 26th we arrived in Annapolis. After anchoring out for a night we found the dock of David, and Eleanor (Eleanor is a cousin of our friend Richard Ross) On Friday, we met Richard and Jeannine. We are docked at what must be the prettiest creek in and around Annapolis. We will not soon forget the warmth with which we have been received here, and the beauty of our surroundings.

One thing that is not so nice is the fact that the rains have caused havoc with the waterways we have to travel in order to get home. On the Hudson river just south of where the Erie Canal dumps in to it a marina could not withstand the fast current, and the debris. The net result was that all the docks and all 75 boats in the marina gave out. You can imagine the destruction that caused for marina, and boats alike.

Some of the locks in the Erie canal have sustained severe damage, to the point that they are inoperable. Apparently it could take more than a month to repair them, and rumor has it that the canal might not open again this season.

We will have to wait and see.