Attending “fests” has become a regular habit for us…I tend to gravitate to Fiber and/or Wine Festivals while Captain Mark goes more for something called Trawler Fest. In fact, we first saw the current Lolligag at Trawler Fest 2006 in Manitowac, Wisconsin and it was there that we started negotiations to purchase her. Trawler Fest is a boating conference, social networking event complete with an in the water boat show and all sorts of fun and expensive boating accessory vendors that is held in several different locations around the US each year. Having attended Trawler Fest Midwest in the past, this year we decided to attend the Mid-Atlantic Trawler Fest at Calvert Marina in Solomon’s Island, Maryland. 
Tuesday when we awoke in St Michael’s it was hard to visualize that foul weather was headed our way because the day was truly spectacular with beautiful blue skies, calm seas and near perfect temperatures. However, the weather prediction was for serious and severe winds along with thunderstorms to be arriving within the next twenty four hours for the majority of the Chesapeake Bay area. If we wanted to reach Solomon’s Island before the storm, we needed to leave immediately. So this is what we did after first fueling. As you can see, fuel prices have come down from their peak price of over $5.00 per gallon.
The only vessel we passed along our journey to Solomon’s Island was this ocean going freighter. We could feel the weather start to cool as the storm drew closer. Due to Captain Mark’s excellent weather prediction skills and judgment, we reached Calvert Marina and were secured in our slip before the storm hit. Hours on the water: 6.75
Nautical miles traveled: 49.5
Number of bridges to be opened: 0
Time spent waiting at bridge: 0
Next Destination: Fishing Bay Anchorage
What we are listening to: Finished The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
What we watched: The weather radar
Lesson for the day: Captain Mark has excellent weather judgment
Obligatory knitting report: Blue Heron Yarn Shawl
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