The dawn on Monday, October 20 wasn’t dramatic. But one of the things that makes dawns special was that they were rarely the same.

We were pleased to report that it was calm in marina today, which was a huge relief. We needed to rent a car to stock up on supplies for our upcoming trip to the Caribbean. The marina was going to charge us $40 per night for parking. Eric did a little searching and found another marina just outside of town that was less expensive and had free parking — the marina fee and car rental fee together would be the same as what we were paying now for the slip here in Annapolis Yacht Basin. Eric made arrangement to move Kosmos to the other marina on Wednesday and rent a car on Thursday. We decided to fuel up during the move. 

In anticipation for the fuel up, Eric checked all the raycor filters and added the fuel additives Biobor and Stanadyne to the tank. Eric forgot there was back pressure in the new pump and spilled some fuel when checking the filters. He got fuel all over himself.  

After we finished school and chores, we walked to Picante for lunch. Eric hadn’t eaten there yet, and he loved it. Eric hadn’t really done much sightseeing in town yet, so we walked by the State House and took side streets back to the City Dock, including several that none of us had been on before. While most of the trees were still green, a few were changing colors.

When we got to the area around City Dock, we saw that they’ve started decorating for Halloween (The Market was to the right, just beyond the scope of the photo.)

After lunch, Keith and Eric walked to the Annapolis library, which was about 2 miles away from the marina, for a teen get together. Conveniently, the library was next door to West Marine, so Eric shopped while Keith played Super Smash Bros with the ten kids who had attended. The kids from Tiki Tour were also there, and the Tiki family gave them a ride back after the event ended.

On Tuesday, Christi decided to go for an early morning walk. Here was dawn from the Spa Creek bridge.

While Christi and Keith did school, Eric set up the new anchor for our dinghy. We forgot to mention that at the boat show, Eric bought a new stainless steel anchor, a swivel for it, and chain. Our dinghy had come equipped with a mostly-plastic (it did have some metal) anchor on rode. It worked okay, but he wanted something more heavy duty. He attached the swivel with anti-seizing wire, and he had to move a lot of stuff out of deep storage in order to access the wire. As he frequently says, for many boat projects, it takes longer to get the tools/parts out and then put back away than the project itself takes.

We were sad to report that the rolliness returned mid-morning. We were happy to be leaving this marina; the marina we were going to looked more protected. In the early afternoon, Tiki Tour came over for D & D. Atlas had also left to go south, so the D & D group was dwindling.

Because of the rolliness, Christi was lethargic and did not feel like cooking, so we went out in search of dinner. We were surprised to see that it was still flooded around City Dock, though it was better today than it had been two days ago.

This was the parking lot next to the Fleet Reserve Club.

We found out that many restaurants in Annapolis were closed on Tuesdays. We wound up going to a crepe place near the Naval Academy. We each ordered two crepes; a savory meal item (ie, ham and cheese) and a dessert (ie, fruit). Each crepe was almost $10 each. While the crepes tasted good, they were small, and all three of us left hungry. Also, they only had outdoor seating. It was cold out, and being outside was uncomfortable in the cold.

After the meal, we hustled back to boat to escape the cold. We scrounged for easy to prepare food, as cooking was difficult with all the motion.