Happy Thanksgiving! Most Thankful for our Weather Window!
This is the day we have been waiting for all week! And not for the food or Thanksgiving celebrations... but for finally having a stable weather window to go off-shore and round Cape Hatteras. We had a family meeting and agreed that TG would get a raincheck...
Hampton, VA and Boat Family Meetup
We left Hospital Point in Norfolk this afternoon and did an easy 1.5 hr motor up the Elizabeth River, across the James River and into Hampton, VA... enjoying the navy ships, trawlers and tug boats along the way.
We filled up diesel at the...
We filled up diesel at the...
Rainy Day = Boat Projects and Movies!
It was a rainy and cold Tuesday, and since we have seen so much of Norfolk and Portsmouth the last couple days we decided to spend the day on the boat... which means lots of school, boat projects and movies!
The boys advanced to the next...
The boys advanced to the next...
Football, Soccer and Basketball
We dove into boat school on Monday morning and included double lessons to make up for this shortened Thanksgiving week. While our laundry tried to dry in 50 degree air, our boy's were hard at work to complete assignments in Math, English, Science and History....
Trains and Greek Mythology
The day started at sunrise when mom ordered haircuts for the three Y-chromosome's aboard SV Joule.
Norfolk Holiday Parade and Aboard the USS Wisconsin
We enjoyed another day at Hospital Point anchorage. In the morning we had some new friends aboard (catamaran cruising family in our anchorage) to talk about the weather and buddy boating around Cape Hatteras. We also met some fellow Wisconsinites in the...