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As we left Portsmouth this morning, we travelled past many boatyards, including many military boatyards. We did notice one area that seemed to have patrol boats around it, we thought it would not be a good idea to approach too closely.  Just after…

Sunny with clouds this morning, stiff breeze at times, few drops of rain at times, kept looking like it might storm but never did. We went to see the Naval Shipyard Museum and the Light Ship here in Portsmouth. The Light Ship is actually an aid to navi…

Gloria and I got up early this morning to take the ferry across to Norfolk to meet with Audrey Stehle, a lady who is very knowledgeable about the Chesapeake. Audrey spent an hour with us going over good places to visit.We did get into the AGLC ship’s s…

Left the Welcome Centre in the Dismal Swamp in time to make a very slow trip to the lock at the other end of the canal. This canal was originally built with slave labour; however the slaves learned the swamp so well from digging the canal that it becam…

We are docked at the free dock at the Welcome Centre in the middle of the Dismal Swamp. Left Elizabeth City this morning after a very rocky night there. The people of the city are so generous and friendly, and they give boaters a free dock which is gre…

 Today was our day to cross Albemarle Sound, one of the larger bodies of water that we need to cross on the loop. It is not actually that wide, but it is shallow and there are horror stories about boats getting caught in big wav…

Left Dowry Creek Marina at 8 this morning, beautiful calm morning. We travelled up the last couple of miles of the Pungo River, then entered the Alligator River-Pungo River Canal for the next few hours. This canal is just a fairly narrow channel with t…

Got ready early and pulled away from Dowry Creek Marina. No more than left the entrance channel and our port engine stopped, so we turned around and came back in again. Wayne spent the day cleaning fuel lines and changing filters. The engine seems to g…

Got ready early and pulled away from Dowry Creek Marina. No more than left the entrance channel and our port engine stopped, so we turned around and came back in again. Wayne spent the day cleaning fuel lines and changing filters. The engine seems to g…

Left River Dunes marina this morning. It was such a beautiful place. We actually delayed our departure so each of us could have a shower in the steam showers at River Dunes, first steam shower we have ever seen. Pulled out into Broad Creek, then out in…