{"id":754,"date":"2016-06-30T19:29:34","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T19:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dreamtime-sailing.com\/?p=754"},"modified":"2016-06-30T19:29:34","modified_gmt":"2016-06-30T19:29:34","slug":"on-our-way-to-annapolis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dreamtime-sailing.com\/?p=754","title":{"rendered":"On our way to Annapolis&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>24 June 2016 &#8211;<br \/>\nEveryone on the dock was trying to figure out where to go with the forecasted rain approaching. \u00a0We looked at the forecast for Annapolis and decided to head there for the weekend.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-755 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/dreamtime-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_0247-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0247\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/dreamtime-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_0247-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/dreamtime-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_0247-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/dreamtime-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_0247-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>We encountered no rain, and had a glorious motor sail across the Bay. \u00a0Friends at the marina reported major rain and thunder &#8211; we were glad to have gone when we did.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-756 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/dreamtime-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/rays-300x286.jpg\" alt=\"rays\" width=\"300\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"http:\/\/dreamtime-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/rays-300x286.jpg 300w, http:\/\/dreamtime-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/rays.jpg 315w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Along the way looking out over the water we kept seeing what appeared to be small fins &#8211; Christina first thought they were small sharks swimming in unison but quickly realized that didn&#8217;t make sense. \u00a0It wasn&#8217;t until we were tied to a mooring ball and saw them up close that we realized they were rays and the &#8220;double fins&#8221; we were seeing were the raised tips of their wings. \u00a0Based on their behaviour we reckon it may be mating season for them. \u00a0<em>(Photo found on the internet from Smithsonian Environmental Research Center)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The weather was awesome and it was great to spend two days and nights on a mooring ball and enjoying our favorite restaurants.<\/p>\n<p>For those keeping track, the dinghy performed wonderfully and got us around the harbor with no issues or problems.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-757 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/dreamtime-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/P1020872-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"P1020872 (1)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/dreamtime-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/P1020872-1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/dreamtime-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/P1020872-1-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/dreamtime-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/P1020872-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>We had a pleasant trip back\u00a0to Rock Hall on Sunday, albeit with no wind.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>24 June 2016 &#8211; Everyone on the dock was trying to figure out where to go with the forecasted rain approaching. \u00a0We looked at the forecast for Annapolis and decided to head there for the weekend. We encountered no rain, and had a glorious motor sail across the Bay. \u00a0Friends at the marina reported major &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/dreamtime-sailing.com\/?p=754\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">On our way to Annapolis&#8230;.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/dreamtime-sailing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/dreamtime-sailing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/dreamtime-sailing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dreamtime-sailing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dreamtime-sailing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=754"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/dreamtime-sailing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":758,"href":"http:\/\/dreamtime-sailing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754\/revisions\/758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/dreamtime-sailing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dreamtime-sailing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dreamtime-sailing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}