27 May 14

Although the flood tide does not set up until after noon, I got bored in the morning, and we upped anchor about 10:30 and headed north up the Potomac. We gave Mt. Vernon a slow pass as we came alongside; it would be nice to visit, but there is not a good anchorage close by, so we will have to figure out another way. We pulled up into the Washington Channel and anchored by 15:00 and spent the evening with lots of helicopters flying overhead on the way to/from the Pentagon and enduring an impressive thunderstorm, without significant result - to us, anyway.