In yesterday's blog I mentioned the vultures that abound here at Summit North Marina on the C&D Canal. They're everywhere. I decided to take my camera along for our afternoon dog walk yesterday. Here are a few pics.
The one on the left is a Turkey Vulture. The two on the right are either Black Vultures or immature Turkey Vultures. Ugly birds.
They may be ugly, but they're beautiful in flight.
I also got a glimpse of a Heron.
The dogs love our walks, and this dirt road is a perfect place to let them run off leash. If you look hard, you can see Chevy off in the distance.
And run they do. Usually Ruby will pick up a stick and taunt Chevy with it and the chase is on.
We saw a few girls coming on horseback and put the dogs back on their leashes. The dogs were both afraid and fascinated when the horses passed. Ruby stood between me and them, her hackles raised and growling and barking. That is until they came close, at which point she hid behind me growling and barking.
The walk over, we headed down the docks and back to Drift Away. The vultures were circling overhead. Must be I look like I have one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel.
The forecast for today isn't the best, 15 to 20 out of the southwest and waves 3 feet. After all we've been through along the Jersey shore, 3 foot waves would be a piece of cake, but I think we'll wait until Sunday to leave when the forecast is for 10 to 15 and 2 foot waves.
Meanwhile, another problem has come up. We lost half the 120 volt outlets on the boat under shore power. They work with the generator so I'm sitting here paying for a dock while running the generator, which powers the pump for the reverse cycle A/C (which gives us heat for my landlubber friends). Today I'll get out my multimeter and check the pedestal to see if it's us or them.
On another note, it is now 35 degrees at 4 AM. We had thought about staying in Annapolis through the holidays, but should we beat feet south? We have plenty of heat on this boat especially if we fire up the diesel space heater in the main saloon, but isn't the whole point of cruising south to be where it's warm and there's palm trees on sandy beaches?
The one on the left is a Turkey Vulture. The two on the right are either Black Vultures or immature Turkey Vultures. Ugly birds.
They may be ugly, but they're beautiful in flight.
I also got a glimpse of a Heron.
The dogs love our walks, and this dirt road is a perfect place to let them run off leash. If you look hard, you can see Chevy off in the distance.
And run they do. Usually Ruby will pick up a stick and taunt Chevy with it and the chase is on.
We saw a few girls coming on horseback and put the dogs back on their leashes. The dogs were both afraid and fascinated when the horses passed. Ruby stood between me and them, her hackles raised and growling and barking. That is until they came close, at which point she hid behind me growling and barking.
The walk over, we headed down the docks and back to Drift Away. The vultures were circling overhead. Must be I look like I have one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel.
The forecast for today isn't the best, 15 to 20 out of the southwest and waves 3 feet. After all we've been through along the Jersey shore, 3 foot waves would be a piece of cake, but I think we'll wait until Sunday to leave when the forecast is for 10 to 15 and 2 foot waves.
Meanwhile, another problem has come up. We lost half the 120 volt outlets on the boat under shore power. They work with the generator so I'm sitting here paying for a dock while running the generator, which powers the pump for the reverse cycle A/C (which gives us heat for my landlubber friends). Today I'll get out my multimeter and check the pedestal to see if it's us or them.
On another note, it is now 35 degrees at 4 AM. We had thought about staying in Annapolis through the holidays, but should we beat feet south? We have plenty of heat on this boat especially if we fire up the diesel space heater in the main saloon, but isn't the whole point of cruising south to be where it's warm and there's palm trees on sandy beaches?
A thing to know about the Chesapeake is that there are fairly strong tidal currents which can, when they are against the wind and seas, make things lumpy - not as bad as Delaware Bay but three feet when steep and short can rattle your teeth. So keep your current table handy. Also beware the crab pot you might see one or two.
ReplyDeleteLOL If you read my blog you will see our destination last year was Myrtle Beach for the winter but due to colddddd we kept heading south and ended up in beautiful sunny Stuart Fl. where after nearly 3 months we found the upper 70's everyday. Oh, and the most beautiful sunsets every night. Go south! A bit out of the way but hey....we found what we were looking for.
ReplyDeleteIts all about the adventure!
What happened to your diesel heater? Doesn't it work?
ReplyDelete@Conrad- the diesel heater works GREAT! But why use it when we're already paying for electric? Plus, it only heats the main saloon. We'd have to use electric heaters in the staterooms.
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