Olverson's Marina, Lodge Creek

Monday July 16, 2012
37 59.745 N,
76 32.469 W

We dragged our collective feet Monday morning and so did not up anchor and travel the mile or so to Spring Cove Marina till about Noon. We needed to pick up some parts for the outboard, plus we needed to load some water, so I decided to make use of the stop to take on a couple of hundred gallons of diesel. This all being achieved we were on our way south by early afternoon.

We had met the owner of "Olverson's Marina" at the MTOA Rendezvous, and he had offered us "stay two nights, pay for one"  which seemed like a good deal. It was still very hot and the idea of plugging the boat into 50 amps and blasting all 3 ac units was very appealing.

"Follow me!"

It was an easy run and we arrived at the entrance to the xxx River about 4PM. Shortly before then we needed to maneuver to give way to a large and fancy motor yacht that had approached fast from the North. (I had commented to Deidre at the time: "We had better give way to this fat cat from DC or risk being audited!") Not much later, after we had forgotten all about the boat, we were hailed by name from the very same boat. "Are you going into the Yeocomico River?" "How much do you draw?" "Would you mind if we follow you in?" I told them that we had never made the entrance before, and were just following the charts, but the other captain he was not concerned by that, and followed us in part of the way.

The Yeocomico turned out to be very rural - farm houses and corn and cows down to the water line. Rather quaint and quite attractive. Our destination was 3 or 4 miles up river and also rather quaint. They had welcomed our reservation, but as we sighted our designated slip it seemed to me that they really did not have the space for us. I managed to shoe horn Tide Hiker in (no scratches) but our stern was left hanging 8 or 9 feet into the fairway. Plus the place did look a bit "home made" and "rustic".

Tide Hikers arse hanging out

But all that was forgotten as we signed in - first night was FREE and the rest of our stay was $1.50 a foot, less 10% Boats US discount, less 5% for cash, and including electricity! All up, $62.40 per day, and so just $124.80 for three days. We plugged into the electrical service and found it to be excellent, one of the best we have experienced. We were able to run all 3 air conditioners, battery chargers, washer and dryer without any breakers flipping. Plus the walkways were all covered - which gave a nice break from the sun.


Tuesday July 17, 2012

Liars Club

The marina also provided a courtesy car! So we borrowed the car Tuesday morning and took it into town for a shopping spree. It seems strange driving thru such a rural area so close to DC. But the little town had a Food Lion and an Ace Hardware, so we were happy. The afternoon we spent at the pool. Each evening a group of boaters congregate at the "liars club" for a drink and a chat. We met some new arrivals (Tom and Doris") and the four of us ended up borrowing the courtesy car and going out for dinner at the local golf club. It had been a good day.


Happy toilet, Happy ship.

Wednesday July 18, 2012

Adding salt pellets

Some time around breakfast we noticed a red light flashing on the dash. It was the dreaded sanitation system - enough to make a strong heart quiver. But fortunately we quickly discovered it was just a "low chlorine" issue and this was quickly resolved by adding salt to the salt reservior. The system uses the chlorine in the salt to provided chlorine. We carry about 150 lbs of water softener salt on board at all times - maybe a month's supply?