Deltaville, VA to Solomons, Maryland — more fog

This morning we woke up to “Dense Fog”. 

"Dense fog" weather statement shows fog until 10:00 am.

The "dense fog" advisory shows fog until 10:00 am.  Nope, it went until … I think it’s still foggy outside!

It seemed like all the Loopers were moving again today. Which made our cruise in the fog more stressful.  


The pictures are of the Chesapeake Bay, which is a large body of water.  To see it looking almost flat is something that doesn’t happen very often.  Lake Michigan looked similar to this when we crossed it last August 18.  However it wasn’t foggy 🤔 

Nothing to see here … (except fog).

We think this is a partial lighthouse.

We couldn’t see anything!
(Looking over our bow)

In this screenshot of our chart plotter, there are several “targets” around the “boat” that is Taurus.  Those are the other Loopers. 

Other Loopers around Taurus

Eventually, we started noticing that the fog was not as thick.
But you can see the cloud sitting on the ground. 

The fog lifted enough that we could finally see the two Loopers in front of us.
Just before they entered another fog bank.

With the fog, we put up our radar reflector on the fly bridge of the boat.  
It’s supposed to make Taurus look like a bigger target on radar.

Taurus at our slip tonight in Solomons



Solomons Harbor


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