Reedville is very historic and well known for the menhaden fishing industry started by Elijah Reed in the late 1800's. There are many beautiful stately turn of the century homes on Millionaire's Row. Many are now B&B's.
The menhaden fish is an oily fish and is processed for the oil and by products. There is a fish processing plant just south of the town and the smell from it is overwhelming to say the least. We were to the north and of course had a south wind blowing it right across us. I am still trying to decide which aroma is more pleasant, the fish processing plant or sticking my head in the litter box after a fresh BM and no burial. We were going to go out to dinner at the Crazy Crab restaurant but I was afraid I would barf in my clam chowder. Not that barfing would be embarrassing, it probably happens all the time there, but I would not want to deface a good clam chowder.
Needless to say we highsailed it out of there at first light. We had planned to stay over the weekend, but no way. We were planning to go up the Potomac River a ways but there is bad weather moving into the area and will last about a week so we are going to Solomons Island, Maryland. It is rumored that the air is very fresh smelling there.
By the way, the autopilot hydraulics seem to be working fine. We do have another problem where the pilot will do a Crazy Ivan every now and then, which isn't good. I am tracking that problem down now. If you don't know what a Crazy Ivan is go watch the movie "Hunt for Red October".
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