The weather predictions got slightly better over night, so we left the dock at 7:35 am on our way to Deltaville, VA about 59 miles up the west side of the Chesapeake Bay.
As we left the marina and rounded a bend to head north into the Chesapeake Bay, we passed the Nauticus Marine Museum and the battleship Wisconsin. The trip out to the bay then took us between Norfolk and Hampton Roads with more shipyards and naval bases.
We passed two more aircraft carriers and several destroyers as well. As we got closer to the Bay, we passed two destroyers from the task force for the USS Harry S Truman that was due into Norfolk today after a 9 month deployment. Shortly after we entered the Bay and turned to go more northwest, we could see the Truman as she was approaching Norfolk. In the picture on the left the aircraft carrier on the left is a super carrier like the Truman, but when you see one all alone on the open water it is a much more impressive sight...
Once we got into the Bay, the waves were slightly less than expected (1.5 to 2 feet) and over the next 30 miles the wind went down to less than 15 mph. It was not a great trip, but we were not holding on for dear life either.
We got to our marina at about 2:30 pm, which was sooner than expected thanks to largely favorable tidal currents. We borrowed the loaner car from the marina and went into Deltaville to take our used oil to a recycling center. While there we also went to West Marine where I bought a shirt and some throw away paint brushes. On the way back to the boat we stopped and got a pizza to go for dinner. Deltaville is a really small town, but it is a large boating center with many marinas. We chose Dozier's Regatta Point Yachting Center because we have seen it written up in several different boating magazines, and it really is quite nice with a pool, club house, etc. One of these days we are going to stay at a marina with a pool that is actually OPEN...
Tomorrow, the trip to DC continues...
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