Day 266 - Ego Alley — Captain Father John

Miles cruised 29, fuel purchased $0, slip fee $114, daily high temperature 77°f

We waited for the wind to calm down before casting off at 11:00 am from St Micheals. We had a wonderful visit. I will miss their swimming pool and the insanity of the weekend warriors. Our cruise to Annapolis across the Chesapeake was relatively flat. We arrived at the Annapolis City Dock and tied up along the long wall. The entrance to the US Naval Academy is one block away.

The location of the Annapolis City Dock is right in the middle of all the shops and restaurants. We could not be any closer unless we moved CL into the parking lot.

Ego Alley – we are the small blue dot on Spa Creek in Annapolis. The small turning basin behind us is called Ego Alley. Ego Alley is about 90′ across and boaters that unknowingly wander down Spa Creek in boats that are 75′ – 80′ find themselves challenged to turn around with decorum and not bruising their ego or gelcoat.

On Monday night Andy and Dale went to a minor league baseball game and had their picture taken with Sherman the mascot at Purdue stadium, from Purdue Chicken fame, in Salisbury, MD. They watched the DELMARVA (Deleware-Maryland-Virginia) Shorebirds defeat the Annapolis Intimidators 3 to 1. It was $2 admission, hot dog and soft drink night. They went as guests of their new friends at the St. Luke’s United Methodist Church in St Michaels, MD.

We will stay in Annapolis for three nights or so and then cruise to Baltimore.

Bonus photo. Artwork of a horse made from driftwood.

Carl (Chef) Wooden – quote of the day.

“All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.”
— Martin Buber

Martin Buber (February 8, 1878 – June 13, 1965) was an Austrian-born Israeli Jewish philosopher best known for his philosophy of dialogue, a form of existentialism centered on the distinction between the I–Thou relationship and the I–It relationship. Born in Vienna, Buber came from a family of observant Jews, but broke with Jewish custom to pursue secular studies in philosophy. In 1902, he became the editor of the weekly Die Welt, the central organ of the Zionist movement, although he later withdrew from organizational work in Zionism. In 1923, Buber wrote his famous essay on existence, Ich und Du (later translated into English as I and Thou), and in 1925, he began translating the Hebrew Bible into the German language.