Annapolis
Lynn & Mike ..around the world
Mike Drinkrow & Lynn v/d Hoven
Sun 5 Sep 2010 13:23
38:57.66N 076:28.85W Annapolis,
Maryland
We are now docked at Jabin's Yacht Yard in Eastport, which
is on the south side of Annapolis. This is a busy boatyard with hundreds of
boats in storage and many on the docks too. There are a number of companies that
work in the yard, many of them owned and operated by South African's. Its the
funniest thing to keep hearing South African accents all the time!
Mike and I have been working very hard at cleaning up Indigo
The big excitement this past week was Hurricane Earl - a
massive Category 4 storm raging up the east coast. Luckily we are tucked in up
here, more than 150nm from the ocean and felt nothing! This is what she
looked like mid-week...you can understand our concern. This hurricane
season is proving to be very busy, and we have already had 9 named-storms, of
which about 4 have reached hurricane strength already.
The eye of Earl clearly
visible
Sunset over Annapolis as the hurricane clouds appear
The people in the yard have been very kind to us - Terry
from Annapolis Boat Services has lent us his truck to use at night - which
is wonderful, as all the stores are quite a way from the boat, up a hill.
The dockmaster Keith, is a real character - has an accent just like "Larry the
Cable Guy" which totally cracks me up. He came to pick us up on yesterday
and took us to a local car show. it was really interesting to see a blend of
beautifully restored cars right next to , what I can only called
bastardised cars - where they take a body of an old car and do all sorts of
weird things to it.
Mike & Keith admiring a 1940 Lincoln
Zephyr
My favourite - a 1956 Chev Crowne
Victoria
How's that for a Bakkie!?
Got
to love those wings!
And then there were the others.....
