October 20

Today we paid our bill for the mooring ball when the Harbormaster came around in his boat. He was very helpful answering our questions. We moved off the ball and put the anchor down as the winds were predicted to be light. Annette and I decided to take a bus and do some long range shopping at a mall outside of town. For a buck, we could both ride the ten mile trip. The mall was disappointing as it didn't really have the stores we would have liked. It did have a Borders though and we were able to pick up some books we wanted to find. We took the long way back, going as far north as the stadium where we could see a top corner filled with the Homecoming crowd. (Navy lost to Wake Forest.) Then the bus went through downtown but the driver apparently had run out of drive time and dropped everyone off at the next stop and told us the next bus would continue us on our way. We rode back to the Giant grocery store where we had walked to get the bus. There we bought some items to restock the boat and walked the mile plus back to the boat. We had a great cocktail hour with the Washers on Sabbatical reprising our separate days and making plans for the trip.