I think it was 15 or 16 years ago we anchored here for a day and night and it was not much fun. That and someone tried to steal my dinghy and motor which were hanging off the stern. It was only because of the oppressive heat of that July evening I was sleeping in the cockpit that I thwarted the attempt.
Tuesday when we stopped here it was blowing too hard to take the dinghies into town. We cam early today arriving at noon for just that purpose. After lunch we went to the public dock and low and behold the land end of the dock was blocked by police tape. I motored close and there was a sheriffs deputy there. He said we could land but not leave the dock. A kindly lady told us to back down the stream and dock at her dock.
She said the tape was Crime Scene Tape. There had been the murder of a resident nearby and the sheriff had cordoned off a huge chuck of real estate to conduct their investigation.
Ohhh GREAT!!! We walked to town but unfortunately the cordoned off area was smack in the historic district. We visited the visitors center but everyone was just preoccupied with this murder. No details of how and when but it was a resident paraplegic that they all knew and liked.
We walked around a bit. It was noisy and dusty. I have never seen so many large 8K lawnmowers out dusting the gravel - there was no length of grass to cut.!!
The walked back to the dinghy we passed several nice Towncars and Cadillacs but all were in serious need of a wash. A trip through the marina here was equally dismal. Very poorly maintained docks and what a collection of old dirty boats.
Once again - Bath has proved to be a depressing destination.
The anchorage is fine and the star gazing is great so I'm at least looking forward to this evening. We will be grilling steaks and playing games with the Turners tonight.
Today has been an easy day but tomorrow will be a long day..
In fact we had perfect departure conditions from the dock this morning. Current was on the nose with a gentle breeze pushing us from the docks. We had a beam breeze most of the way and had a very nice ride down and into Bath.
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