We arrived in Solomons on Thursday Nov 5, boat was in good order. We have spent the last 3 days getting her ready to get underway.  Yesterday we met a fellow sailor in West Marine, Jay, his wife is Cindy, they sail a Catalina 42, Balia. They recently have been through the great lakes and are now headed down the coast and on to the Bahamas.  They cruise every winter.  We look forward to running into them again as I am sure they will have some good stories to tell.
We decided yesterday to leave at 0 dark thirty Monday morning.  Unfortunately we got up to leave and there is a thick coastal fog, like peanut butter,  just waiting it out for an hour or so.  It is starting to lift as the sun comes out.  Looks like it is going to be a beautiful day for the first leg of our journey.