Winter Has Been
Left Behind - November 18

After a lovely overnight visit in Cape May from our long time Jersey friend Lou, we left late morning  for Norfolk VA under a nice NW wind.

Onboard in Cape May with long time friend and sailor Lou.

We had an uneventful overnight sail to the entrance to Chesapeake Bay and Hampton Roads. We decided to anchor off the bell tower in Hampton Harbor in  60 degree weather, pulled out the shorts, flip flops, and champagne. We had suddenly left winter behind!

Arrival in Hampton Harbor, VA.

Compared to our trip five years ago where good beer was hard to find, everywhere we go there's a brewery on or near the waterfront. Skylark in Hampton seen through the Bull Island Brewing window. 

Many of you may have already figured out that this blog is a combination effort from us both, consequently, it takes a bit longer to get posts sent. I happen to be a Mac woman and Tim is more comfortable in the PC platform. I begin the blog on the iPad as I am not usually occupied like Tim doing general boat improvements and repairs, which never end. I then email him the text, he augments it  on his PC, and sends it back to me. Often I go through it again and then together we figure out the photo additions. So there you have it, it all takes time which results in fewer blog entries. Perhaps over time we will learn to streamline this process but in the mean time, thank you for your patience. I have taken to Instagram in the past few days which I am warming up to as initially I found it to be invasive. You can certainly check Instagram for immediate photos and if you are inclined you can follow us on Marine Traffic which is a site that uses AIS to track our location.