Sunday 7th Sept - Annapolis to Richmond

This was to be the day of the pong! We woke to a strong 'heads' aroma throughout the boat which suggested that the holding tanks had not been emptied by the previous charterers. In view of this we did not go for a sail before handing the boat back and had breakfast in the fresh air of the cockpit! A bonus for Mike was the appearance of several 'collectable' vehicles in the parking lot adjoining the dock for what was a apparently a weekly car show! The vehicles included not only old American cars and a couple of hot rods, but also Porsches, Ferraris a Maserati and a Lambourgini. By the look of them this was the only time they travelled outside of their garages. We certainly were not passed by any such exotic vehicles on our travels! Having said our farewells to Pamela and David, and Marian and Bill we then set off on our travels proper, initially heading for Richmond, Virginia. Our intention had been to find a hotel/motel just beyond Richmond but before we knew it we were into boom dock country with no sign of suitable accomodation. When we stopped for fuel and none of our bank cards would work we realised we had gone over the edge into no-man's land! By this time Christine was getting a little concerned about the quality of our overnight accomodation so we backtracked to Richmond (40 miles) and found not only a fuel station that would take our cards but a Holiday Inn and a Carraba's. What bliss!