Just a quick update - we've been in DC the last three days doing the tourist thing - Capitol tour, Museum of Art, Library of Congress, Lincoln Memorial, etc., etc. Yes, we took some pictures, but no, I am not going to post any since I am sure everyone knows what all the monuments look like. Besides, most everything in DC was covered with middle schoolers on field trips. The first day we walked all over and it was pretty tiring, after that we got the bikes out and rode all around, big difference.
Yesterday afternoon was spent in the forward hold replacing a wash-down pump that I use to clean the mud off the anchor as we raise it. The old one (original at 10 years) just didn't do it anymore, the new one has lots of power to get that anchor and chain clean.
We were at anchor here for two nights and the second one was very windy, up to 30 knot winds. I sat up on the bridge until about 1:30 AM, through the strongest winds, just to make sure our anchor held. We had no problems, but another boat had to reset in the middle of the night.
The past two nights we have been at Gangplank Marina, making it easier to get on and off the boat, especially with the bikes.
We're about ready to head off this morning, one last historical tourist stop on our way down the Potomac. We'll anchor off of Mt. Vernon and tour that area, assuming the weather conditions are good when we get there. After that we plan on going downriver a few hours to an anchorage, then back out to the Chesapeake Bay tomorrow...
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