This (Fall) is the best boating season on the Chesapeake. I've got 120 hours on the engines so far this year (gotta change that oil soon). Sadly, last weekend was the first weekend since April we didn't take to boat out due to rain and some family events. This weekend we had plans, but have a death in the family and the funeral to attend to (although Saturday looks pretty rainy at this point too). With luck, though, we'll get back out each weekend through early to mid-November. And with more luck some in December (the Christmas boat parade in Baltimore is usually fun to go overnight and see). And if it's a crappy and cold winter, that just mean's we'll be at the ski place more often! (that's the good thing about MD, if it's a mild winter we can boat, and if not, ski!)