Well both the broken bridges finally sorted themselves out around 2:30 in the afternoon, and we were on our way. We did narrowly squeak through another railroad bridge that was about to close for a train, but thanks to Captain Chris, we speeded up and got through without any other delays. We then had to cruise through Norfolk harbor, a roughly two mile “no wake” zone, where they were having a huge harbor festival. We saw some tall ships, and many large (huge container ships) and small boats milling around. There were also many police and coast guard boats making sure everyone behaved on the water. We managed to get through without attracting any attention from either for an unscheduled boarding!
Because of the nearly 4 hour bridge delay, we stopped short of our intended anchorage and instead stopped at Old Point Comfort and anchored in the same place we had anchored on the way down last November. It was completely empty of boats, so we had the place to ourselves, until “Ashton Gray”, a large cruising power boat arrived. We had seen the boat a day earlier anchored off the ICW. They anchored in the same anchorage, and left after us the next day. We cruised to Fishing Bay in the Piankatank River on the West side of the lower Chesapeake, and low and behold, they showed up in the same anchorage! I don’t think they are following us, but it was quite a coincidence!
While we were in Fishing Bay, we spoke to a couple from a beautiful 2-masted sailboat “Valkyrie”. They suggested we visit Urbanna, on the Rappahanock River if we wanted to get some good oysters and crab cakes. So here we are. We cruised to this lovely and protected harbor yesterday, and have decided to take a day off. We ate well last night on fried oysters and crab cakes. Today we will have a lazy day and maybe do some swimming, take the dinghy for an exploratory ride up the creek, and get some groceries in town for the last leg of our trip. The weather is beautiful, so we are lucky.
We are also planning the last few days of our journey back home. We will likely visit Solomons for a couple of days, before heading to Annapolis, the C&D Canal, Cape May and then Block Island. With just about two weeks left in our grand cruise, we are feeling torn between the desire to stretch this trip out a few more days, and getting back home. We will definitely enjoy these last few days of our grand adventure!
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