So far, so good

Well we had two whomping good days from the Solomons to Great Bridge Va covering most of the two days at 7 to 8 kts speed over ground, (SOG).  That was because we had the tide, wind, and swell behind us giving the boats a big push.  This also filled in the lower bay with more water so the water levels were up several feet allowing us to cut across some thin water areas.  This resulted in our cutting an hour or so from the run time the first day, and even more on the second. 

So we got to Norfolk around noon and were able to head through the harbor and on to the Elizabeth River ahead of schedule.  Here's some of our military that protect us so we could have our Thanksgiving today.

Someone had entered their secure area as we were passing and over the radio we heard the warnings.  Well there must have been some confusion with the interloper because we soon heard "Leave the area or you will be fired upon."  Since the area is so large we didn't see who was going to need some fiberglass patched.  Why mess with the guys with the big guns?


Over the past 6 weeks or so we've been watching the weather near the Gulf Stream at Cape Hatteras and it's been nasty.  In the meantime we've made calculations as to what we could do to be able to travel the ICW through Va and the Carolinas.  Our first look at this came yesterday while traveling the first segment of the ICW.  Here we are running under a fixed 65 foot bridge.  There was plenty of headroom.  Thank you Interlude for the fine picture.

We also traveled over some thinner water and should see some more, (read less), tomorrow.  But for today we are having a Thanksgiving meal with everyone contributing.  We're tied up between the locks and the bridge at Great Bridge, Va. 

Here are the locks and where we tied up along the pier.  Well our dinner's waiting for me to get the grill going.  More to come.