Chesapeake Bay to NC
Here are some pics of things we’ve seen as we made our way south to Oriental NC.
Point No Point Lighthouse is being repaired and completely encased in scaffolding!
Wolf Trap Lighthouse in the early morning light.
Passing Navy ships on the way through Norfolk.
Norfolk channel…
An open railroad bridge we went through as we were leaving Norfolk.
These next few pictures are to remind Becca, Eliana, Zach, Ryan, Noah and Ben of what it looks like to go through a lock. We went in and you can see the mark on the side where the water will be after we come up….we came up 8 feet. It’s like an elevator for the boat. The guy up on the wall is the lock master and he explains how it works and how to hold our ropes so we stay next to the wall as the water is rising. At the other end of the canal we go into another lock and the water goes back down 8 feet. This is how they control the depth of the Dismal Swamp and keep it deep enough for boats to go through it.
We spent the night rafted up at the Dismal Swamp visitor center with about 10 other boats.
We left Elizabeth City just before sunrise.
Elizabeth City is the home of the blimp and its hangar.
We saw several bald eagles in the Dismal Swamp and the Pungo Canal.
Why did the deer swim across the river???
Watermen out crabbing…
Shrimp boats at the dock…
Beautiful day sailing across the Pamlico Sound!!
He quieted the sea with His power
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Glad to see you guys are underway and making good progress getting south.