Hot!!

The hot and stagnant weather finally caught up with us. We motored out of Look Out Point basin this morning to a calm and motionless Chesapeake Bay. It was so calm we turnned the Radar on because of the haze. By noon the temp under the canvas bimnie of the fly bridge was approaching 100.  We did all we could to stay cool.  Our planned anchorage at Herring Bay was a no go.  We could not find a place we liked so we motored another two hours to Annapolis.  Annapolis to the boating world is like NASCAR to the auto indurstry.  We were met by every kind of boat that has ever been made.  Just at the mouth of the Severn River is a bridge that lifted on schedule and we made the schedule and just past that was downtown and mooring balls everywhere.  Dockage is $2.00 per foot of  boat length, mooring ball is $30.00/night and anchoring is free.  The only problem is all the good spots are taken up by mooring balls.  I found a spot and was getting ready to drop the anchor when the city harbor patrol motored up and ask if he could help.  I introduced ourselves and he said his name was Stanley.  I told him I needed a spot for the night and would take a ball in the mooring.  He said,  "Why pay for a ball?  I will find you a good anchor spot."  We followed him up Spa Creek.  He told us the depth, the bottom and  how to set the anchor.  What a way to end a long day.  The pic is of our anchor spot.