As the weather turned cooler (yes, we put on the second comforter and even turned on the heater when we had shore power), the calendar was telling us it was time get moving south. Russ and Lisa had a plane to catch on November 4th to go back to Milwaukee for Liz's wedding so we needed to plan our time carefully. We sailed back west across the Chesapeake in a couple of long days to a few more harbors as we worked our way south.

Solomon's Island was just an overnighter, but we stayed in Reedville for several days as we waited out some nasty weather on the Bay. The town boasted a terrific maritime museum where we learned about the menhaden fishing industry, and the best deal on hard shell crab. We lunched on 3 dozen for $40, outside on a picnic table, using a winch handle and a meat tenderizer for crab crackers. We were very disappointed however, that we were not able to take the ferry to Tangier Island, as we missed their last run of the season by a week.

The next stop was Fishing Bay near Deltaville. The bay was an out of the way spot that required hitch-hiking to the 7-11 for eggs and milk. Luckily the marina let us use their lounge to watch the Packer game that lasted way too late into the Sunday night. The yacht club was closed and we couldn't find any bars within walking distance.

Finally we arrived in Norfolk, our re-provisioning stop and Uproar's home while Russ and Lisa were traveling. We stayed at Little Creek, which is directly across from the Naval Yard with lots of ships (and boats with guns mounted on them to keep you away).

Everywhere we go we are amazed at the number of sailboats of every make and model and Norfolk was no exception. Many of them are 80s and 90s cruisers or old IOR racers. The hot shot racing boats must live elsewhere.