June 12, 2014 Smiths Point Marina, on the border of Virginia and Maryland

It was a warm foggy calm morning after the wild night of severe lighting and thunder along with hail and pouring down rain.  We were so tired from coming thru the 4-6 ft. Waves with 10 to 15kt winds today that getting up in the middle of the night, in the middle of the storm was only a thought
  We had tied up to the dock securely and secured everything in anticipation of bad bad storm coming.  I said a prayer asking that our mast not get hit by lighting and asked Curt of we should unplug the electronic stuff but little discussion before it started to quiet down and we both asleep,
Woke up this morning with all electronics working.  Thank full we were not the couple in a 22 ft stranded on the ground somewhere out in the open in the Chesapeake Bay Area all night.  Hopefully the tide came up and they got off their grounded spot to shelter before the storm hit.
Only one boat out, a ferry type.  Curt talked with the captain and asked how the water on the bay was.  He said it was laying down this morning since he left Tangiet Island across the Chesapeake Bay Area but still rolling. He had come accross to pick up a Doctor and nurse to take back to Tangier Island for the day.  Cool I could be doing satellite clinic today
Curt asked another fishing boat captain how it was on outside bay waters, he said the waves were probably still rough from yesterday. With the thought of worse weather impending and the want to be farther north before the winds changed out of the north blowing against us as we made it up to Annapolis and Baltimore to meet Amanda. We decided to leave.  Leaving our safe anchorage we made it to the entrance of the Bay to find waves 3 f t -4ft but no current, wind behind us 12-15 kts, slack tide, still 4 miled fog. A really good time to cross the 10 mile opening to the Potomac River.  Choosing not to traverse the 100 miles up the river to Washington D.C., even though that would be very cool.  Wondering if we made the right decision a few miles away as the waves started getting closer together and 4-6 ft., the boat rolling 20-30 degrees from port to starboard we