After two days anchored at Blackwater Creek, we left Saturday morning. As our guide book by Mark & Diana Doyle pointed out, the route into and out of this creek, for Calypso's 5' draft, can be tricky. One wrong move here and we could spend some time working ourselves out of the mud! But 0742, we navigated back into the ICW, past the long spit that stretches into the entrance channel and which is marked only by the occasional crab trap float.

By 1133, after 15 miles and two swing bridges with restricted opening schedules, we made it to Great Bridge, VA . Here we pulled into our first marina of the trip, the Atlantic Yacht Basin. The weather the past few days has been a challenge with todays heat index hitting 112! Yup, it's summer!

At $1.25/foot, it was time for real showers, real laundry, and a "top up" on ice, diesel, & water. We really didn't need much food, but after a short walk across a long hot parking lot we enjoyed taking our time, strolling the isles, of a nearby well Air Conditioned, grocery....;)

From here we will head north, through the Great Bridge Locks, past Norfolk Naval Base, and into the Chesapeake.

Fair Winds and Quiet Anchorages,
Jeff and Wendy