Watching & Learning

We spent the weekend at the new house after driving up with some final items in the back of my truck. We got a call from the movers Saturday morning to say they wouldn't be there when scheduled because they were broke down near Roanoke. Hopefully they'll make it today. I'm back in Tennessee until Thursday or Friday.


We spent most of the day Saturday and Sunday familiarizing ourselves with the area by driving around and noting the nearest grocery store, restaurants, gas stations, etc. That, and about 4 hours doing nothing but sitting in front of the upstairs deck windows staring at the water. A flock of 22 Canadian Geese flew in to welcome us and stayed for about an hour in the water around our dock before flying off toward the South. The cats don't quite know what to think of all the outside activity after having been cooped up inside the house for the past two years. I think they'll eventually love it and make themselves useful by keeping seagulls off the dock!

There's not much traffic on the Magothy this time of year. I only saw two boats all day yesterday. However, you can see the main channel of the Bay off to the right, and we watched ship traffic coming and going to the port of Baltimore. I want to get a telescope soon so I can watch the shipping and wildlife more closely. I still don't have my fishing equipment unpacked. I can't wait! -Shawn