Another Week in Deltaville

Another week-end means another week has passed here in Deltaville. I have to admit I'm getting a little stir crazy. A guy can only do so many boat projects in one sitting and I think I've reached my limit.

To break up the work detail we dropped the dink in the water and took a ride around Broad Creek. A few homes. Several marinas and boatyards and even a couple rows of stationary houseboats. Spread around some of the commercial fishing boats and you've got the Broad Creek side of Deltaville.
A few pics of our neighborhood.

This guy has to be the hardest working man on the Chesapeake. Every day he goes by at least once and often times twice to set or pick up his traps. The boat doesn't look like much but it purrs like a kitten.

For other excitement we take the courtesy car and head to the market or West Marine. You know you're driving a quality vehicle when one of the locals asked if the brakes worked on our car yet! Fortunately they do but A/C is another issue.

Dozier's loaner

One of the topics of discussion recently on the Great Loop forum is the effect of the drought on the river levels. Recently sections of the river have been closed temporarily due to barges running aground because of shallow water. Some of the traditional anchorages are no longer usable because of shallow water as well as some of the marinas. A couple of photo's of Memphis from late July show just how much the river had dropped at that time. It's even more dramatic now. This isn't the main channel of the river but illustrates the difference.

Memphis at a near normal stage.

Memphis as of late July.

On the opposite side of the coin we've been keeping our eye on Tropical Storm Isaac which is predicted to become a hurricane. Currently Isaac is forecast to hit the Keys and skirt the West side of Florida making landfall in the Pensacola area. This doesn't affect us currently but it certainly encompasses Legacy Harbour, our winter dockage in Ft. Myers. Here's hoping that our friends still in Florida come through unscathed.

We'll keep an eye on the storm as it progresses since some of the forecast models show it continuing through the mainland and heading back to sea around the Chesapeake area.

Forecast track of Isaac as of noon Saturday 8/25/12.

I can't finish before giving a shout out to Grandson Luke who had his 1st football game of the season last night. They won 48-7. Way to go. I guess Pam's cheers here on Tourist helped!

Good looking guy!

Time to sign off. It's raining and Pam just made Bloody Mary's!