October 26, 2000 -- Wow, It's Like Pea Soup

Today was departure day. We planned to do the quick running around that we didn't accomplish yesterday, then get underway to the Little Choptank. In the morning, it was so foggy that you could have cut it with a knife! We couldn't even see shore. We waited until almost 8:00 AM before finally getting off the boat. At that point, we could just make out the boat we knew was between us and the sea wall. We piled into the dinghy, and I was concerned that Mike would get us lost, but surprise surprise, he didn't. We headed out to pick up last minute stuff then headed back to the boat. Let me tell you, there is nothing more fun than boating by Braille! While we waited for the fog to lift, Mike put on a coat of sealer. The fog refused to lift. We tried to leave once when the fog lightened. Unfortunately, it worsened again. We finally left at 1611 GMT. It was a good, but foggy trip. Finally things started clearing near the end of the day, just in time for Mike to run us aground! Seriously, we were headed to anchor in 20 feet of water when we discovered that the place we were headed had shoaled in. We got ourselves off and anchored further out for the evening