May 9th
Just a little more info on Mother's Day. Hooters, which we look at out the back of our boat, was giving 10 free wings to all Mothers so he guys figured we would treat the women of our lives to dinner at Hooters.
Food was great.
The 9th we hung out ,did some bike riding, got a new phone which I think is worse than the first one. Took Becky's tire to a bike shop to get fixed. Cleaned boats, went to the grocery store, the marina hires a taxi to take you there so all the guys went while the women did their thing. Boats for the rendezvous are starting to fill the marina and Lin and I are preparing to leave soon. At cocktail hour we decided to go to Joe's Crab Shack for dinner. We had some many o'rdevours at cocktail hour no one was really hungry so most of us got soup and a salad. Another great day with great friends.
May 10th
Washed the boat and did all my engine checks for departure tomorrow morning. It will be a tough day for us. We tried, all of us to get a pumpout but after many tries we gave up as the pump was not working. We should be able to make the next marina before we REALLY need a pumpout. We hope they get it fixed before all the loopers get there for the rendezvous. Again the guys mounted the trustee bikes and headed out 2 miles to the store for the first mates and needed supplies. This will be our last night with the looper train friends "until we meet again" (sounds like Roy Rogers). Cocktails were great and our friend Becky with chef Linda(Jerimiah) prepared us a get out of here dinner only kidding. They fixed a great linguine and clam sauce and linguine and broccoli for Lin ,dinner for us. Everything was just perfect. We all finally went back to our boats at 10pm.
Great day Great friends.
May 11th
We were up and ready to get underway problem was we were not ready to leave our friends. They had other ideas, they were there to cut our lines and send us on our way. For us it was a real tough time as we pulled away from the dock leaving behind true friends which brought back memories of leaving our home port last July as friends were there to bid us good bye. Nice part is we will see all of them again, new as they pass thru Waterford either headed to the Erie or Champlain Canal and old as we complete the loop at our home port at Lock One Marina. After a hard departure we headed out the Elizabeth River for the Chesapeake Bay. As we passed the Naval yard we got a glimpse of the new HW Bush aircraft carrier which is supposed to set to sea today. At first the bay was rough and rolled us a little but not as bad as the Sound or Lake Michigan. We set our course and headed to Deltaville and after 59.6 miles and 7 hours we were tied to the dock at Doziers's Regatta Point Yachting Center. Great marina with nice staff. The town is 3 miles long and we got to use the marina's Buick(boat) station wagon to tour the town. Tomorrow will be to plan where we head for the rest of the Chesapeake day.
Lin & Rich
Missing friends
Dozier's Regatta Point Yachting Center
Deltaville, Virgina
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