So much traffic after just seeing 3 other boats in two days....Wow !
This is a picture of the Tidewater marina where we left the boat while we went back to the cabin for a couple weeks...It was in Portsmouth, right next to the Naval Hospital.
Here is a picture of the water taxi which you could take across the Elizabeth river between Norfolk and Portsmouth for $1.00.
This is a picture of the lightship Portsmouth which is part of the waterfront in Portsmouth. It was stationed in several ports before it was retired from service in the late 1900's.
Portsmouth was a nice town to walk around...a lot of different styles of architecture from Renaissance to Victorian to French Provincial. Bricked streets. There was a 1940's theater which has been renovated and it showed the latest films...unfortunately, the new movie of Indiana Jones was sold out so we had to pass. The old courthouse is now an art museum which had a display of kites and hot wax art. There were several museums too and I wished we could've spent more time here. We finished our walk around town at the Bier Garten Restaurant with German beer, reubens and beer battered french fries. There were no less than 350 kinds of German Beer !---Dennis, you would've loved it !This was an interesting photo of two naval ships...
And still another ship......
A view of some of the homes along the waterfront in the Norfolk harbor.
As we went by the navy base docks there were many, many ships, one sub but also a lot of security....
And there were many containers ships too...this one from Panama.
Leaving the harbor, we started up Chespeake Bay with the plan to get to Deltaville on the west coast before the high winds forecast start. From there, we plan to go to the east side of the Chesapeake which is said to be still somewhat untouched as far as tourism goes..
