hey everyone hope all of you had a good thanksgiving.

we had an interesting weather week in portsmouth.  Monday it was gray and cloudy walked up town did a little shopping at the dollar general and then laid around as my arm was hurting badly.  dr told me to take it easy.  just cleaned up some stuff on the boat.  Tuesday it was spitting rain it was just annoying.  Wednesday morning about 3 a.m a full blown noreaster hit and the boat was jerking and rolling and shaking, driving rain and 40 mph wind gusts.  it was bad enough at the dock but we saw one boat that was moored out and he was swinging side to side and rolling around.  he ended up coming into the marina on thanksgiving.  how do i know this you ask?  i will tell you in a minute!

also on Wednesday i went to dr. top get my stitches out and get a new cast.  we called a cab to take us as the weather was horrible.  At 1:00 we get to see Dr. 3 hours later we are finally done because the dr and the cast lady cannot decide what kind of cast i should get, because we were leaving on Saturday to continue our trip. anyway 2 casts later x rays and getting stitches removed lets just say it was a painful process.

 We left portsmouth this morning, thank you again to the Tidewater Marina staff who were so great during our stay.
 As we motored out of the marina we are now on mile marker 1 of the ICW. yippee! The boat slides effortlessly through the area where all the battleships and carriers are being refitted in Norfolk, it left me feeling in awe of the massive size of those vessels and the military personnel that is needed to keep them in top working condition   the scenery changed from city and navy yards to sea grass and pine trees it was a good weather day today sunny and cool. we went through several bridges and a lock.

when we arrived in chesapeake virginia we made sure everything was tied up and settled. we walked to local grocery store with our backpack to carry all our goodies back to boat.  We ran into the guy from portsmouth who was moored out during the noreaster.  he was in same isle as us and i said to him "you must be a sailor" he said how did you know?  well he had a backpack and a boat U.S hat on. his name is gary, first light is his boat a cal 34. he is also headed south. he had engine problems too and he told us some good stories.  sometimes you just need to say hi to people, everyone has a story. we will run into him again i am sure.   until next tme.