We arrived at the Northwest Creek Marina late afternoon on 6/20/14. We had called ahead to my brother so he and my sister-in-law met us at the marina and helped get us situated, fueled up and pumped out. Since my brother had just had surgery on some disks in his neck a couple of weeks before, we didn't visit their house that evening. We had a nice supper at the restaurant at the marina and then since the weather was so nice we decided just to hang out on the boat. A musician began playing some classic rock tunes on the restaurant patio, so we had a nice evening just hanging out, reading, having some wine, and listening to the tunes. Jake and Kimi entertained themselves and passersby by climbing around on the boat, sitting on the gunwales and swim platform and barking at the fish that would jump occasionally.
While we were relaxing that evening a couple came walking down the dock an stopped to talk to us. We found out that these people were the same ones who were stuck in the Deep Creek lock at the northern end of the Dismal Swamp Canal while we were waiting to get into the canal southbound. They remembered our boat so stopped to tell us they had seen us at the lock and were now southbound again and staying at the same marina. Small world!
The next morning we had a nice breakfast at the restaurant and it turned out that our waitress had attended high school at Kenwood High, the same Baltimore County, MD high school where Sharon had worked as the school Nurse for several years. Small world again! Sharon regaled the waitress with Kenwood stories including how she had started Baltimore County's first in-school day care program at the school.
Later we were picked up by my sister-in-law and went to visit their lovely home in Fairfield Harbor. This was the first time we had seen their house since they moved there a couple of years ago. Since my brother was still recovering from surgery he and I decided to stay at the house and visit while Sharon and my sister-in-law went to visit the town of New Bern. Sharon reports that the town was beautiful, the people friendly, and that our dogs were well received everywhere they went.
The ladies brought home a delicious dinner of shrimp and grits when they returned. After an enjoyable meal, Sharon and I decided to attend Saturday evening Mass at St. Paul Catholic Church and my sister-in-law went with us. After Mass we went back to their house to say goodbye and then back to the marina for the night. Since my brother was still recovering from surgery we decided to leave the next day and not wear him out any more. The weather that evening was not so nice as the previous night, we had tremendous thunderstorms so wound up turning in early.
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