Our Looper flotilla headed out from Delaware and New Jersey and traveled to New York to visit the city that never sleeps. On the way, we picked up one more traveler at Cape May, so now The Lower Place has rejoined our group. We last saw Charlie and Robin McVey in Washington DC. Once we […]
From the Potomac River, we re-entered Chesapeake Bay and traveled toward Annapolis. Not too far into the bay, we caught up with our looper friends on Southern Cross and Moon Shadow. We followed them the rest of the way into Annapolis. Earlier, we communicated with them and set up to meet in Annapolis Landing Marina. […]
On our last full day in Washington DC, we visited the WWII memorial and the Lincoln Monument. We enjoyed our days in DC while touring together with Charlie & Robin from The Lower Place. We either walked a lot or shared an Uber ride with our Looper friends. While in DC, we stayed at Gangplank […]
Approaching Washington DC, you can see the Washington Monument from a long way away since it is the highest structure in the area. Numerous planes and helicopters flew over as we approached the city. Busy Reagan International Airport is next to the river. Many helicopters fly along the river and we continue to sight an […]
Once we returned to the boat, we visited Norfolk and toured the new Waterside area and the Nauticus Museum with Scott and Mary from the motor vessel Jaycie Lynn. The battleship Wisconsin is on display at the Nauticus Museum. The Battleship Wisconsin served in World War II, Korea, and Desert Storm. It was launched in […]
From Belhaven, we traveled to Alligator River and then on to Chesapeake near Norfolk VA. The trip was smooth and uneventful along the water ways. A nice contrast to the last few days. While we were at Belhaven, there was a severe storm in the night. The wind blew from the east at over 40 […]
Leaving Charleston, it was a perfectly flat travel day as we moved toward Harborwalk Marina in Georgetown. We planned to leave the boat for a week and take a quick trip home, but Teresa got sick so we visited a med center instead. Minor sinus infection and fluid in her ear. Picked up some antibiotics […]
If you are in the Charleston area, be sure and visit Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum. You will find the USS Yorktown aircraft carrier, USS Laffey Destroyer battle ship, and USS Clamagore submarine. As part of your very reasonably priced ticket, you can also tour a Vietnam Experience along the shoreline. It took most […]
The next stop planned: to stay a couple days in beautiful Beaufort South Carolina, which is pronounced like beautiful not like the word bow. The town of Beaufort in North Carolina is pronounced like bow, so its beau-fort SC and bow-fort NC even though they are spelled the same. The tide changes are still strange […]
Fernandina Harbor Marina was hit hard by Hurricane Mathew last year. They are still working to recover from that and have only recently partially opened. The docks and facilities still need a lot of work. They had an open t-dock available for us to stay on allowing us to visit the town and area. The […]