Norfolk to the Chesapeake Bay

Sunset last night in Great Bridge, Virginia

Maggie thinks it's time she was allowed to go exploring. She is not going anywhere.

Sunrise Thursday morning

We left the Atlantic Yacht Basin in Great Bridge before 7am Thursday, May 26, 2016, to catch the bridge opening at 7, and the train bridge opening at 8. We heard the train bridge closes between 9-1, so we weren't going to take any chances.

Bridge #1

In this lock, we had to loop our lines over their cleats and hang on while they dropped the water.

This is on the Norfolk Naval Station, we think it might be part of the hospital. I thought it looked like the White House.

Here is the Portsmouth Naval Hospital where I offered my expert (HA!) assistance to my stepdaughter, Kristin, when she gave birth to Sydney. Sydney is graduating from high school next week!

Robbie spent 6 years in this slip, on a different aircraft carrier.

Here is a Naval Police boat like the ones Robbie used to be in charge of.

There were three tug boats pushing this around.

In the Chesapeake Bay, one of these went past us, and threw out a six foot tall wake.
We rode it like a bucking bronco!

Being on the Chesapeake Bay looks and feels like open ocean to me.

Except early in the trip we ran into Steve and Kathleen on "Our Time". They have the exact same boat, and they took this photo as we passed them. We met them at the Thunderbolt Marina a couple weeks ago.

Now we are in Deltaville, Virginia at the Dozier Regatta Marina.