Rosborough rf-246 "Blue Heron"

Anchorage Marina on the Canton, Baltimore, waterfront is situated in an up-and-coming community. The waterfront is fringed with new brick, 3-story townhouses and trendy shops. There is a Safeway grocery store across the street, a Subway sandwich shop, and a Starbucks. A few hundred feet to the east is a West Marine. Throughout the Canton community, there are small restaurants, and old row homes, all lovingly maintained.  As I write this, the city of Baltimore is into a second night of racial violence. Canton, so far, has been spared the destruction. As the sun set yesterday, the sounds of distant police sirens filled the night. There was a 10:00 PM curfew, and the sirens started winding down as the curfew took a tenuous hold. This morning the extent of the destruction was revealed -- hundreds of cars and dozens of buildings burned, and a dozen police officers injured. The sun has just set a few minutes ago, and while there is still the occasional police siren, the hope is ...

April 24, 2015 I noticed that 23 northern cities had snow yesterday. The boat is headed north to Baltimore aboard Brandon Horn's trailer, and I'm committed to a summer of cruising the Chesapeake Bay. But I'm wondering if I should have done this next month (May 2015) when it will be a bit warmer. Not looking forward to nighttime temperatures in the low 40's! I had enough of those temperatures this past winter in Vero Beach, Florida. After meeting Brandon Saturday morning at the Canton Waterfront Park boat ramp, I'll motor to Anchorage Marine, a 1/4-mile west. I'll be able to check into my slip there between the hours of 9:30 AM and 4:30 PM. I'll  be leaving for Baltimore this afternoon and driving all night. I prefer sleeping a few hours in the car to checking into a motel.

My sister, Janice, and her husband, Neil, took time off from their busy work schedules in Indiana to visit our condo here in Vero Beach, Florida. They have been staying here the first week of April (Spring Break week) for several years now. They are in the process of deciding retirement plans and are leaning toward staying here in sunny, warm Florida for the winter months. That would suit me just fine as I enjoy living on the boat for the winter months here in Vero Beach. It would be nice to have them close for a few months each year. The weather has been perfect this week -- warm, sunny, and not a drop of rain. I had originally planned to be aboard "Blue Heron" all week, but found I had to haul the boat and have the bottom painted. The boatyard said they needed a week to do the work (I'm also having the fuel lines replaced), so it is on the hard in Fort Pierce at the service yard, and I've moved in with Jan and Neil in the condo for a few days. Before turning...