May 12th
Went into town to the grocery store, West Marine, and the liquor store. This town got hit by a tornado when they came thru a week or so ago. No one got hurt but you could see where it came through. There was a Baptist Church in town that the tornado went thru the middle of it. The front and back walls where still standing and the middle of the church was gone. We did some looking and planning and decided to head across the bay to a town called Onancock it is up the creek about 4 miles. The weather is supposed to be bad for a few days so we came here as it offers more to do and better protection.
May 13th
We were up and away from the dock at 7:30 am. The trip over was a little rough as the wind and tide were hitting us on the starboard beam with some good rollers. We were glad the trip was only 34.5 miles which only took us 4 hours with the last 45 minutes in protected calm waters. The 4 mile trip up the winding creek with shallow water on both sides of the channel ended at the city dock with the dock master waiting for us. No radio just knew we were coming and watched for us. Docks are nothing special but seem ok. We walked up in town which had some real nice houses and a few shops. We only looked in half the shops so we would have something to do tomorrow. There is a bakery in town which everyone says it is a must stop. They bake early and when everything is sold they close The tide has been high here and the water is in the parking lot and at the top of the dock. There are polls here so the boat won't go over the dock. I will check the lines again before we call it a night. The parking lot next to the restaurant filled with water I would have loved to see the people try to get to the cars after dinner. Not sure how long we will be here guess it depends on Mother Nature.
Lin & Rich
Onancock Warf
Onancock, Virginia
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