Trip with Tripp #6: The Great Dismal Swamp (2/10 – 2/11)

See where we're at! On the morning of February 10th, we headed out of Norfolk and started on the Intracoastal Waterway. Stopped at Ocean Yacht Marina on the way out to get diesel. When it turned out there was no way we'd make the 11:00 AM opening at the canal's northern lock, we stuck around … Continue reading Trip with Tripp #6: The Great Dismal Swamp (2/10 – 2/11)

Trip with Tripp #5: Norfolk, VA (2/7 – 2/10)

See where we're at! The Waterside Marina, home for a few days in Norfolk. So! It's 9:15 am on February 7th. Tripp has woken me up, still amused about the ejection of our French Press into the briny deep, to see cormorants, seagulls, pelicans and other sea birds swirling in the sky and populating the … Continue reading Trip with Tripp #5: Norfolk, VA (2/7 – 2/10)