Why "Gray"? The fog was gray, the water was gray, and after the fog lifted the shoreline was gray....and it still is gray at 2 pm in the afternoon.
We are headed for Solomans Island today. Paul's neice and her roommate will meet us for dinner and an overnight and they will take Keith Baldwin back with them to Washington Airport tomorrow morning. Helen and Paul will stay in the Solomans until Wednesday night when they will be joined by Lynda and David Zacher.
The plan is to then cross the Chesapeake, it isn't very wide at that point, and visit the eastern shore town of St. Michaels. We will then cross back and land somewhere near Annapolis to explore there for a day. On Sunday, Helen and the Zacher's will leave and Paul will be joined by Jim, who will sail with him up to the start point of the Erie Canal.
but.......back to our travels yesterday.
Norfolk is a very busy place...both for shipping and for the Navy! We woke to the sounds of early morning cadence calls as drill instructors worked out the sailors on a track just across our channel....
As we are about to enter the James River....a small aircraft carrier is suddenly on our stern....we gave him lots of room...
Then in the same river channel...a freighter comes in from the other direction....and her name is EVERGREEN....she is loaded with lots of EVERGREEN containers and appears to be nose to nose with the aircraft carrier in this shot....(they really had lots of room)....
and for those of you wondering how the condo is coming....the hole in the ground you saw last December now looks like this....
We are on the 12th floor....not up yet!
Take care....smile a lot and love each other....Helen