Category Archives: Wildlife

Replacing the Low Water Bilge Pump in Drayden, Maryland

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Thursday, November 6, 2025 — Despite going to bed so late, we were all up by 0730. While we did managed to get some sleep, we didn’t sleep particularly well — especially Eric. The anchorage was beautiful.

The full moon hadn’t yet set, and was still huge and bright, even at 0730. And yes, the little boat was a working waterman boat.

Eric determined that it would be best to fix the problems in a marina. There happened to be a marina, called Dennis Point Marina, a short distance away. Eric called promptly at 0900, when they opened. They said they did have a slip for us, which was a relief.

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The Maritime Museum in Annapolis, MD

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Friday, October 31 — This morning it felt like 38 degrees with wind chill factor. Christi had a hard time dragging herself outside to watch the sunrise. Because of the cold, she didn’t stay outside long, but she was glad she at least got to enjoy a few minutes of the lovely dawn, Here were a couple shots:

We were pleased to report that this morning, the flooding was gone and all was back to normal in the marina. While Christi and Keith did school, Eric cleaned the sea strainers. There was lots of mud in them and two live fish! One fish was long and skinny. He thought it looked like a snake and wondered if it was an eel.  

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Settling into Life in Annapolis, Maryland

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Tuesday, October 28 — The last three days have been mellow. Now that it is so cold in the mornings, Christi has been finding it difficult to drag herself out of the warm bed to watch the sun rise. Instead, she falls back to sleep and misses the sun rises altogether.

On Sunday morning, Eric ran wing engine again to check to see if it was leaking exhaust. At first, it did smoke a little more, but he determined that was paint. After a few minutes, the smoking stopped Eric was happy to report that the wing engine exhaust was indeed fixed. In the early afternoon, Christi ran a few errands, including a trip to the closest grocery store, Giant. In the mid-afternoon, the Tiki kids came over to play board games with Keith. Here was a couple photos showing how beautiful the short drive between our marina and Tiki’s boat yard was.

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Drive to Pennsylvania to See the Autumn Leaves

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Saturday, October 25 — We decided to take a drive to see the leaves change color. Eric found an app that said that as of this morning, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania was the closest place that had the best ratio of colorful leaves. What was interesting was that last night, it gave us a different town, so clearly, it’s being updated frequently.

Chambersburg was 2-hours northeast of us. The drive up in an of itself was pretty. This was what the highway looked like most of the way.

Traffic did seriously slow down outside of Baltimore, but it picked up again as soon as we passed Baltimore. We could see Baltimore from the highway, and we had nostalgia about the month that we’d spent there. Eventually, we left the highway for Highway 97, which was a two-lane road that ran through a rural area that looked to be mostly agricultural.

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The Stardew Valley Symphony On Our Last Day in DC

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Dawn on Friday, October 3, 2025

As soon as we were done with school, we caught a ride share to Trader Joe’s. Due to the one-hour parking limit, last time we’d gone, we had only stocked up on what we needed. This time, we went back for passage food and “fun” items, such as snacks and desserts. Here was Christi waiting for the ride share.

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