KILMARNOCK, VA

The morning started out beautiful as we left Urbanna on the Rappahannock River. Smooth waters! Well, we got a big wake up as we entered the Bay! Yikes, 3-4' waves! Much bigger than predicted, as is usually the case. Jake, the cat, did his usual "get sick at both ends" routine.  Our TV was flying back and forth on its arm on the wall...not good. We found a way to bungee it to prevent the swaying. Gotta love bungees!!! Fortunately, this rough water episode lasted only about an hour until we turned into Fleets Bay to head up to Kilmarnock. Things settled down nicely.

We are at the Chesapeake Boat Basin for 2 nights. Another town to explore, and a farmers market in the morning!

URBANNA

So yesterday, we cruised up the Rappahanock River to Urbanna. We took the Trolley around to get an overview of the town.

Stopped here at the town's old fashioned lunch counter in town for a milk shake.

Boarding the Trolley

Just like the HOLLYWOOD  sign !        

Beautiful Sunrise and Beautiful Local Boat 

HISTORIC YORKTOWN

On Wednesday, we proceeded on to Yorktown. Maridee said it reminded her of a mini Williamsburg. There were lots of old houses and a neighborhood from the Revolutionary War days.

GOT TO SEE BRUCE HORNSBY'S HOUSE...YA THINK ???

Beach at our Marina on York River

MARK AND MARIDEE 

Victory Statue

KNOTUGAL AND FOLIE A DEUX

The neatest thing happened as we were eating dinner at a waterside restaurant. Two Navy Stealth Boats showed up. They were doing some training. The water was real rough and it took them at least a half hour to dock. It was great entertainment! 

OFF WE GO

Yesterday, we decided to head up to NYC with Mark and Maridee. We dropped the lines promptly at 7:30 AM this morning and headed North. Bay waters were smooth!  About and hour into the trip, Mark and Maridee's boat overheated. They determined as long as they ran at a lower speed, things went OK, but it would be too risky to go as far as NYC. So, change of plans. Plan B. We did a 180 and headed up the James River to Smithfield...famous for the hams. New plan is to cruise around the lower Chesapeake and save NYC for another year.

Using a tree trimmer to work on top of a mast...very clever

Adult beverage after a hot walk into town

FOLLOWING FOLIE A DEUX

Historic town kinda fun

NORFOLK DAY 2

Started out the day with a walk to Charlies Cafe for breakfast . Fabulous Mom and Pop spot!

After breakfast, we went back to the boat and headed up to Hampton Roads to our next stop...Rebel Marina. We joined up with friends from Houston, Mark and Maridee. We plan to cruise the Chesapeake with them. They had a great big welcome party for us on their boat! We met lots of really nice people that really use their boats!!! It was fun picking their brains for cruises to take.

The next morning, Maridee took us in their car all around Norfolk and Virginia Beach. We stopped at a great place, beach side, for lunch. Had Orange Crushes all around. From there, we stopped at the grocery store to provision for our upcoming cruising.

NORFOLK

Made it to Norfolk in just 10 days! Boat performed well, and the weather cooperated. We stayed in the downtown Waterside Marina...a favorite. There is always so much going on here, and is such a safe downtown area....lots of people having fun and families.
We had dinner at the Chartruese Bistro....all organic locally grown. It was a bit exotic for John, but he was a good sport. From there we walked over to the Mall and did a bit of window shopping. On our way back to the boat, there was a Mid Summer Festival at the adjacent park. People were dressed in all kinds of fanciful attire.

We finished up the evening with a glass of wine on our sun deck, looking out on the harbour! There was even a fireworks show put on at the baseball stadium which we could see from the boat.

Great Lock between Coinjock and Norfolk

Example of the costumed people at the festival downtown Norfolk

pretty scenery along the way

COINJOCK, NC

Staying tonight at this famous stop over in the boating world. After 86 miles and the Albemarle Sound, we were happy to be docking about 4PM. This is not a fancy place, but has a 1000 foot face dock. Yachts of all shapes and sizes dock here for overnights. Tonight, we have a 110' AB Yacht as our neighbor, along with the jerk on the Sport Fish that waked us badly earlier this afternoon.