Exploring Norfolk, VA

Look at the lovely mer"maid" I found at the Maritime Museum! I think this photo just about sums it all up!!!!

We stumbled upon this veterans memorial in the park. Bronze "pages" look like they've been scattered in the wind- each one had a letter from a veteran that had been sent from the front lines. It was very well done.

OK- no jokes about "carp-to-carp walleting"!!!!

Ken likes to use his Lasik-ed vision (when he opens his eyes) at the helm!!!

I like Neptune- there's something about a man with a tail & scales!

I also like Einstein! (Maybe we've been on the boat too long when we start playing with cardboard statues!)

Ken & Linda on the aft deck of the "Wisonsin" battleship. You can tell how windy it is by the flag!!!



Happy Birthday to my brother, Paul! We are stuck in Norfolk, VA due to high winds. But it has been sunny, we’re in a nice marina, and there’s lots to do in a city! Yesterday we walked in the park and went to “Nauticus”- the National Maritime Museum. It included a tour of the battleship “Wisconsin”, a movie about earthquakes, exhibits on navigation, and a small shark exhibit. Friday a tall ship from Spain is arriving at our marina! It’s the 3rd largest tall ship in the world. I hope THEY”RE enjoying the wind!

We arrived safely in Norfolk, VA and now it looks like we are going to stay here until Saturday morning when the winds and the seas are supposed to die down. Right now there are small craft advisories in effect for the Chesapeake Bay until Thursday. Then the winds are supposed to lower from 20-25 to 10-15mph. We then have to wait another day for the seas to lower from 3 feet to 1-2 feet. The marina we are at is right in the heart of the “re-vitalized” harbor area - very nice. There are over 30 restaurants within walking distance but no grocery store, no gas, and no pumpout. We are going to leave this marina Friday afternoon and go across the Elizabeth River to a different marina so we can get gas and pumpout before leaving Saturday morning for our trip up the Chesapeake. We have spent the morning rearranging and storing things below and Linda put more ’Rain-X’ on the windshield and cleaned the plastic windows in preparation of running into “scattered showers” on Saturday. We also ate at ’Hooters’ the day before yesterday. Linda was hiding her face hoping that she wouldn’t see anyone she knew. We ate there because they had an outdoor patio that would accommodate Cory. Cory likes Hooters a lot! Today more exploring. Ken