Upper Rock Creek

What's the glow in the east ?

We wake up to a near cloudless morning and actually get to see a sunrise, it seems like it has been weeks since one was visible. We have showers, breakfast and are off by 8:45. We were waiting for slack tide. I ask one of the dock hands for help getting off the dock in the wind. As frequently happens he was more of a hindrance that a help.
 
The temperature today is only going to be in the low 50’s, but it is SUNNY ! This is the first time we have had our full cockpit enclosure up for warmth, not rain. It is impressive out of the wind, with the sun how much it warms up. Our cockpit is 69 degrees and inside the boat is 61. I strip down to pants and a T-shirt. I use to ridicule boats with full enclosures on cold days with everyone wearing T-shirts while we had full foul weather gear on to stay warm. 

 

Toasty in our floating "Green house"

 
We have a very pleasant day motoring. Busy, sometimes, too busy texting various friends ahead and behind us on their boats on the ICW. If I don’t have the autopilot on I can quickly go off course. Occasionally looking up I wonder why the hell is that dock out in the middle of the ICW, oops!

Passing Army Core of Engineers ship

Squeezing by a working dredge

We reach Upper Rock Creek, our anchorage for the night. There are two other boats we have seen off and on in the last couple weeks. We have a beautiful spot in the marshes. We have a very calm night with a half moon to light the surrounding creek and marshes. With all the windy nights lately, it seems strange.
 

Rock Creek

Rock Creek Sunset