Sunday, woke at Hampton Public Pier. Larry made breakfast while I dealt with condo issues. Note: don’t ever buy a condo and don’t ever join the board. Spent the rest of the day on board.

Monday, spent the morning on board, then visited the Virginia Air and Space Museum. Saw two IMAX movies, a special Apollo 11, then SuperDogs. The latter was not animated dogs in super costumes but actual working dogs-dogs that save lives all over the world. One dog was followed from selection from breeder, to graduation from training program. When we left, rain…..we darted back to boat, beating the downpours.

Tuesday, we rented a car and drove to Salisbury, MD. We took Lizzie for a second opinion to a vet we had met when Ruby (prior kitty) had a problem. Dr. Peters is a good vet. Ride started with us being stuck in traffic for a long time-had to change appointment time. We actually sat in one spot for over 30 minutes. After that, a nice ride. We took the Chesapeake tunnel, always fun. Then up the eastern shore of Maryland. Very pleasant ride. Crape Myrtles in bloom, long stretches of them. Well, the trip resulted in Lizzie on prednisone for at least another 10 days, but at a reduced dosage. Doctor doesn’t think it’s anything bad because it is improving. Were it bad, she would be getting worse. That alone made me feel much better. Worth the approximately 284 miles round trip.

Wednesday, drove to Deltaville, VA, to visit friends, Roger and Marilyn and see their new boat. They had a grandson visiting who was an awesome ten year old. We had lunch with them at a burger joint and then drove back. It was a quick trip but a pleasure to see them, even briefly. We stocked up for the next leg of our trip during our drive back.

Thursday, we stayed on board all day then drove to Gloucester to meet friends, Jerry and Wendy, also boaters, for the best Thai I have had since Bangkok. Hell of a storm while we were at the restaurant…. a had quite a view from my chair. Interesting lightning on the way home. It looked like cloud to cloud, but with branches…..

Friday, easy day on board. I attended a condo board meeting over the phone. Then we went to dinner at Bull Island Brewery, right next to the pier. Afterwards, a walk.

Saturday…. OK, we have to leave. Weather/wind has not been cooperating and it’s up Chesapeake Bay next. That is part of the reason we have not pushed ahead sooner. We cast off at 6:40. Started out fine then, on the nose 10-15, with some 15-20 gusts form the North. Waves 3 feet. We got beaten up a bit….just uncomfortable. Arrived at Deltaville around 2. Dozier’s Marina. Beat…..just settled in…. getting close to the end of this trip…..