C&D Canal

We are in a marina which just has one lone row of boats. It is the original canal for the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal.  The C&D canal was completed in 1829 and the boom town that developed at the end of WW1 and WW2 is called Delaware City.  The town is very attractive, has a nice park and a walking trail down to the old canal where Lifestyle II is docked.   The forcast for the southern portion of the Delaware Bay for this afternoon was not good so we decided to stay put and wait another day.  The bay is wide, shallow, opens to the South and has lots and lots of big commercial boats. This is a bay a small boat takes only on a good day.  The winds were predicted to clock around to the South this a/n and so we will pick another day.  Besides, the marina manager gave us a discount for the second day.  We took the opportunity to do boat projects. I worked most of the morning getting black marks off the side of the boat that have been accumulating since Key Largo.  We also put the netting up on the starboard side of the boat to keep Maggie safely onboard.  Denniese unpacked the sewing machine and made us a new shower curtain and curtain for the port in that head. (window curtain for the bathroom).  We did a few other projects and are ready to take off in the morning if the weather is right.  Yesterday we walked to the park and saw a family walk past and ask if they would take a picture of us.  The 9 or 10 year old daughter volunteered and took this pic.  We talked to the family for a while.  They were from PHILLY,  but we came to the conclusion that 95% of the people are good. It's that other 5% that give us problems.