If you wonder why we don’t have more blog entries, blame it on the crab pots! Don’t see the connection? Let me explain. There are thousands of crab pots in the waters we are traveling. They show up in places that are logical, but they also show up in the middle of the Ablemarle, the middle of the Chesapeake, and in channels that lead to wherever we happen to be going. We seem to constantly be looking out for the darn things and it’s a bit exhausting; hence, by the end of the day, we are too tired to write blog entries. Time to catch up.
Downtown Norfolk, as viewed from Portsmouth. Vitamin Sea is docked to the left below the Waterside sign.
After clearing the Great Dismal Swamp, we headed for Norfolk, and docked at the Waterside Marina – right in town. In Norfolk, we were treated to the best Uber driver. She took us wherever we needed to go, prepared some dinners for us, and even did laundry for us! Who knew Uber provided such service?! To be honest, our “Uber” driver was Ed’s sister Annette. It was great to visit with her and her husband Mitch, her daughter Marissa and son-in-law Sam. We got a personal tour of the Military Aviation Museum where Mitch is the Events Coordinator. SO interesting and so many planes to see. Great place to visit. Our dancing friends will appreciate this tidbit…the museum has a Hanger Dance. A big dancing event is staged in one of the huge airplane hangers. Too bad it wasn’t while we were there.
We left Norfolk on May 2 and headed to Yorktown, VA – site of the battle that won the Revolutionary War. We had an incredible tour from one of the rangers at the National Park. Linda told the story of the battle in such a way that the whole group was totally immersed in the battle as if we were there. Such a gift for storytelling. The second day there we went to the Revolutionary War Museum in town. Great place – stayed most of the day and enjoyed all the displays, videos and outdoor living history exhibits.
The Yorktown Victory Center
The Yorktown Victory Monument.
A cannon firing demonstration at the Victory Center.
This was our view at the Yorktown Municipal Dock. A very convenient location, the Yorktown Battlefield is half a mile to the left and the Victory Center is half a mile to the right.
Hovercraft passing Yorktown. A Naval weapons depot is about a mile north of the town. Although these boats make very little surface wake, they produce a subsurface wake.
Left Yorktown on May 4 and went to Cape Charles. Another small quaint town – major mode of transportation is golf carts. Lovely old Catholic Church – St Charles. Kind of town where you are walking to church and someone in a golf carts stops to give you a ride. So Mayberryish! After Cape Charles we went to a beautiful anchorage in a spot called Fishing Bay. Gorgeous evening sunset. Evenings like this are what we dreamed about for this trip. In the next day, we’d appreciate the calm of this evening so much more.
On the beach in Cape Charles, VA.
Thank you for taking us along on this amazing trip. Love your posts.
The pictures are just stunning. The joke about the Uber driver was very funny. It’s sound like y’all are having a blast. Thanks for sharing.