The Harbor Fest is this weekend with the tall ships and we've decided to stay. We have to be out of the marina by the weekend as it's full so will drop the hook at Hospital Point across the way. The Norfolk police have been diving all day checking out the undersides of all the boats in the marina plus the ones anchored out. This is a big deal for Norfolk and security is tight. Chris wanted them to take a brush with them and give Long Gone a quick scrub as long as they were down there. Not!!!
Today we toured the USS Wisconsin, a battleship parked at the Nauticus Museum. It was really a great experience. Their exhibit is quite extensive and the ship is HUGE. We ate breakfast out at D'Egg - a local diner here within walking distance. The crew of "Northern Reach" went with us and then Chris, Jim and Les (from "Wilde Matilda") went and did chores. The fitting from our propane hose blew so that was Chris' chore for the day. It's repaired now and the cost was incredible...it was free. Now THAT's unusual in this day and time.
The wind is reported to be 20 mph in the AM with thunderstorms and rain so we'll stay in the marina again tomorrow and then leave Thursday morning to anchor out. We have a couple of options when we leave here. I want to go up the York River to see the battlefields of Yorktown and possibly even West Point. There's another anchorage possibility at Kitopeke on the other side of the bay. It's a protected anchorage formed by the sinking of 9 WW II battleships. Sounds kind of cool too. We'll take a poll to see what the rest of the boats have in mind and then make a decision. We've enjoyed being part of "gang" of 3...it's fun having stories swapped every night.
Norfolk's symbol is the mermaid so needless to say, I'm in heaven. I've taken a photo of just about every mermaid in the city - there are 150 of them! They're AWESOME!!!! I even found some mermaid plates to buy! Chris said that we must leave before I go broke buying mermaid stuff. Sheesh......
Today we toured the USS Wisconsin, a battleship parked at the Nauticus Museum. It was really a great experience. Their exhibit is quite extensive and the ship is HUGE. We ate breakfast out at D'Egg - a local diner here within walking distance. The crew of "Northern Reach" went with us and then Chris, Jim and Les (from "Wilde Matilda") went and did chores. The fitting from our propane hose blew so that was Chris' chore for the day. It's repaired now and the cost was incredible...it was free. Now THAT's unusual in this day and time.
The wind is reported to be 20 mph in the AM with thunderstorms and rain so we'll stay in the marina again tomorrow and then leave Thursday morning to anchor out. We have a couple of options when we leave here. I want to go up the York River to see the battlefields of Yorktown and possibly even West Point. There's another anchorage possibility at Kitopeke on the other side of the bay. It's a protected anchorage formed by the sinking of 9 WW II battleships. Sounds kind of cool too. We'll take a poll to see what the rest of the boats have in mind and then make a decision. We've enjoyed being part of "gang" of 3...it's fun having stories swapped every night.
Norfolk's symbol is the mermaid so needless to say, I'm in heaven. I've taken a photo of just about every mermaid in the city - there are 150 of them! They're AWESOME!!!! I even found some mermaid plates to buy! Chris said that we must leave before I go broke buying mermaid stuff. Sheesh......
3 comments:
I'm enjoying reading about your adventures. We should have done this several years ago.
Number 1 priority.......DO NOT RUN OUT OF WINE.....
Miss you...
Margaret & Rick
it looks like you guys are having so much fun! I MISS YOU. i hope you are taking more pictures than what you are posting becuase i want to see ALL (and i mean ALL) of them. love you and miss you guys A LOT!
Rach
Folks,
Bon Voyage.
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G
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