As we left the York River yesterday, Al and Betsy on Morning Star (another Island Packet) saw the boat and hailed us on the VHF radio. They’re from Virginia and have been following our blog, which they learned about from the Island Packet email list! Hi, Al and Betsy! Wish we could have met you in person. We’re happy to hear that you're enjoying our blog.
Now we’re docked in Norfolk for two nights. We may stay longer, but there’s a big wine festival on the waterfront this weekend and the marina will be full with prior reservations. We’ll try to anchor nearby if we decide to stay longer.
Regardless of how you feel about the war, it was a jaw-dropping experience to boat through Norfolk and see all the "war ships" as they call themselves. There were dozens of them. It was interesting to listen to them on the VHF radio; we heard one ship - "amphibious assault ship number 7" - announce that he was under way just moments before we saw him leave the dock.
I am not interested in war ships (or ships of any kind, really), but even I was impressed. Just one look at these intimidating monsters should be enough to make the enemy surrender.
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