October 15

After a profitable stay at Cape May (for those who live and work in Cape May), we left early and watched the sun rise as we did so. We needed to leave two hours after low tide at Cape May in order to ride the tidal current all the way to our next destination up the Delaware and into the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. We saved a lot time because of our good fortune and early start. Two knots of current adds to our nominal 6.5 knot speed. If it were against us, we would only do 4.5 knots. Delaware Bay is busy with traffic going to Philadelphia. Ocean-going ships and barges were present in the main channel as we traveled up the bay.
Grandma took pictures of the bridges across the canal for Cailean who is working on a bridge building project. We are at a very crowded anchorage in Chesapeake City on the canal. Thankfully, the wind is light and variable tonight and we should be able to hold on a short anchor rode. Tomorrow we anticipate remaining here to plan our trip down the Chesapeake and explore the town.