Surviving the Storms - Hurricane Isabel
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A ghostly image start to our voyage, the Niagara, anchored next to us in Lake Erie during an overcast predawn.
One of my last days aboard Haven with Pete. Photo taken by Sandy Wright.
Pete and I both caught bluefish in the Atlantic Ocean on are way south.
Surviving the Storms
Pete and I began our long voyage south from Vermilion, Ohio aboard Haven in early August. But all was not well. We got divorced during the summer.
Our agreed upon split would take place in Baltimore in September.
We made the best of our cruise through Lake Erie, the Erie Canal, the Hudson River, the Atlantic Ocean, the New Jersey ICW, Delaware Bay, and the northern portion of Chesapeake Bay. We dawdled along and really enjoyed ourselves. Friends Jay and Sandy Wright and Irene and Lenny Baker visited with us aboard Haven. None of them suspected that we were divorced.
But eventually the sad day arrived in September when I packed my bags and rode off in the dinghy to find a new temporary home.
My new temporary home, the Southern Cross
Life aboard as Isabel threatens
We were lucky that Isabel decreased from a level 5 hurricane to a level 2 hurricane by the time she made landfall. The southern portion of the Chesapeake dealt with level 1 hurricane force winds. These winds sent the flood waters north toward us. The storm force winds we felt on the eastern shore of the Chesapeake were not even at hurricane strength. Yet, even so, this was the worst storm to hit the Chesapeake in 70 years.
Kayaks in the streets of Cambridge, Maryland.
Mystery is visible through the trees. The "mystery" may be what these boats are doing high in the trees.
And they call this High Street?
I would not want to try driving a car on this Scenic Drive in Cambridge, Maryland.
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