A Short Layover in Deltaville!

The last several days have all run together. We were out of cell phone coverage in NC for most of the time and if we had it, it was spotty at best. We would anchor for the night in a protected anchorage. Arriving late and leaving very early at daybreak. We came into cold and rainy weather. A shock to the system. The picture above was taken on the Pasquotank River. We see these blimps each time but they still fascinate me. The hanger also is huge. After arriving in Elizabeth City we followed the Dismal Swamp Canal, or preferred route.

We spent the night rafted up with these boats at the Visitors Center for Tuesday night. Here in the picture on Wednesday we are tied up waiting for the lock to release it's water so we can continue on our way. Wednesday night we anchored in our usual spot, Fort Monroe. It was a calm and restful night.

This is some of the large boat traffic we had to dodge getting to Fort Monroe.

Thursday morning we woke and were underway by 6 AM. The Chesapeake Bay was calm and as a friend of ours says it was a trawler day. We made it to Delataville about 1:30 PM. We planned to stay for two nights so we could say hello and goodbye to our friends. The weather has become nice and sunny so yesterday and today have been very pleasant.

We have some news to share with those of you that haven't heard. Larry has taken a position in Washington DC with a company. It can last for as long as we wish and we plan on between 2 and 4 years. We are excited about this new chapter in our lives. We will still live aboard our boat and will be at Gangplank Marina in downtown DC. Our ultimate goal is to become members of the Capital Yacht Club and secure a dock with them. This is a process as some of you know. We don't know any of the current members and we need sponsors. We will visit the club and meet new people and start the process.

We are glad that the positives far out way the only negative we can think of (snow and winter). We have never lived in a city, especially one as big as DC. We are looking forward to using the transit for our exploring. We will be closer to our Children and Grandchildren and be able to visit on holidays year round. In fact we will be heading to NY shortly after we arrive in DC for the Memorial Day weekend and to celebrate our Grandson, Jonathan's 10th birthday.

I plan to obtain a job with West Marine for very part time to keep our employee discount. I also plan to do some canvas work and become a docent at the Museum of Natural History. I feel there is plenty to keep me busy while Larry is at the office.

All of this came to pass in the past two weeks. One of our cruising friends Andy connected Larry up with this opportunity and everything happened fast. We will miss our friends here in Deltaville and our jobs as well but these opportunities don't come along that often and we felt we would be foolish to pass this one up. It gives us the chance to build up our investments so we can continue to live this live on the water that we love so much. I will definitely keep up the blogging, DC has a lot to offer that I will like to share with you.

We are doing some catch up today and plan to leave early tomorrow morning. It should take us about three days to get to and up the Potomac and into DC. If my cell signal holds I'll do a nightly update.