Wednesday, 21 August 2013 The Potomac River

Departed the Doziers Regatta Point Marina after 0800 so we could get some of the free coffee and donuts from the Boaters Lounge.  Today we are headed to the Point Lookout Marina which is located about one mile up the Potomac River from Chesapeake Bay.  There were several large ships heading to and from the Port of Baltimore but they stayed away from us.  This is "Smith Point Light" a lighthouse marking the Smith Shoals, looks like an interesting place to live. 

Once again, the waters of Chesapeake Bay were smooth, almost glass like.  We entered the Potomac River about 3:30 in the afternoon and headed into the Marina.  It was very surprising to me that a mile up the river it was still 7 miles wide.  We encountered crab pot markers by the hundreds; we had not seen any for a couple of hundred miles, now they were everywhere.  We pulled into the fuel dock to refuel and noticed thousands of Jellyfish swimming everywhere. 

We enquired of the Dock Man and he said, yes indeed they were the stinging variety.  So much for a refreshing dip in the water.  We moved into our slip and headed up to the swimming pool, as there were no Jellyfish in it.  After cooling off, we dined at the Marina Restaurant. We turned in early as we had quite a distance to go on Thursday.  We also stocked up on fuel filters at the parts department.