Fourth of July on the Fifth

Since we celebrated the hurricane on July 4, the town of Crisfield held their Independence Day celebration on July 5.  The little town put on quite a show.

We went to the city docks for the entertainment sponsored by the local American Legion post.  Food vendors, and of course the trinket vendors, and a couple live bands (they're more fun to listen to than dead bands).  One of the bands called "WW II-unes"  (WW II tunes) had played at the Blue Dog Café the night before we were there.  They played a lot of big band tunes from the 1940's, and Sue & I were one of those who were tapping our feet to that music.  Are we really getting that old?!?

"Sittin' on the dock of the Bay...."

Since this was the day after the hurricane, when the weather is always perfect, the sunset that evening was spectacular.  Definitely a photo-op.  Big giant high pressure over us, with just enough clouds at sunset to give it some color.

Of course, we had our flags up on our boat, as we try to do every holiday.  I've been accused of being a "flag-waver", and I guess that I've been called worse.  I was glad to see most of the transient boats at the marina were flying their American flags.

And then, the fireworks.  We left the festival on the city dock early enough to come back to our boats (we were with our friends Jeanie and Bill again), fix up a drink, set up our chairs right at the end of the dock finger pier, and enjoy a front-row seat for some surprisingly good fireworks.  The wind had calmed down to make the marina harbor almost like glass, so the fireworks were made even better by being reflected on the water.  A very enjoyable evening.

Yesterday we ate at our favorite local restaurant one more time.  Those giant crab cakes and sinful Smith Island cake for dessert was calling our name again. 

We then finished preparations for getting under way this morning, but the winds just didn't cooperate with us.  They were blowing 20 kts gusting to 30, and the waves on the Bay were 3-4 feet.  Both "Nemo" and we decided to wait until Wednesday to try to cross the Bay to the Potomac River.  Sue & I want to spend about 5-6 days cruising up the Potomac to Washington D.C.  We have reservations next week at a marina in D.C. that is about 1/4 mile from Jefferson Monument & Washington Monument, with most everything else within walking distance.  We'll spend about 4 days there, even though we've been to D.C. by car about 5 times.  We're looking forward to it.