Tuesday morning, May 12, we left the ferry dock at 7:55am
and met the Johnson's on the water as they came out of their marina. Great sailing day on the Bay.
We made it to Gloucester Point in Sarah's Creek to anchor for a few days. Once everyone was anchored and situated, we had Andy and Sally over for dinner. I just put some potatoes and chicken thighs in the pressure cooker with some Italian dressing and water and let it do it's thing. I had also started some no knead bread dough a few days before that need baked, so I lined a loaf pan with parchment and poured the dough in and baked it. It didn't quite bake all the way through, but I was able to slice it and toast it on the griddle to serve with dinner.
Wednesday morning we loaded into our dinghy's and motored across the York River to Yorktown. This is where Cornwallis surrendered to Washington bringing an end to the Revolutionary War. We toured a museum, walked through town and eventually made it to the Battlefield. Thanks to Andy's National Park pass we were able to join a guided tour.
After our tour and watching the short film, we sat outside and Sally called about getting a rental car. We would need one to see Jamestown and Williamsburg the next couple days. A vehicle to seat 8 was way over our budgets. So we settled for a normal sedan.
Thursday morning the company brought the car to the marina, then Brian and Andy drove the person back to the office, then came back to take the first load to Williamsburg. Then back to the marina for the second group. By the time we were all together again it was early afternoon. We sat on benches and ate our picnic lunches. We decided to see Jamestown that afternoon and Williamsburg the next day. So Andy took the first group the ten miles to Jamestown and then came back for the rest of us. Before he got back to Williamsburg, Luke called me and said that he had dropped them off 1/2 mile from where they really needed to be and for us to have him come to the other place. In the meantime they would walk the 1/2 mile and wait for us. So Andy came back for Sally, Nathan and I and off we went.
We caught up with Brian, Luke, Jacob, and Caleb still walking. Being a 5 passenger car and 8 people, with just a little ways to the parking lot, Nathan and Caleb sat on laps and Brian volunteered to ride in the trunk.
Rather than have Andy make three more trips back and forth, Brian hopped back in the trunk and the rest of us piled into the car, double buckling as necessary, and headed back to town for a provision stop and then back to the marina.
Friday morning we were getting ready to go to Williamsburg, when Sally called. They were having bilge trouble. Brian and Andy worked all day to fix it, going to another nearby town to get a part and drop off another part for repair. The boys and I hung out with Sally playing dice games and visiting. The guys got everything repaired and put back in order and returned the rental car.
That night Andy generously treated all of us to dinner at the restaurant located at the marina. York River Oyster Company. We waited a couple hours for a table, but it was worth the wait.
Saturday morning it was time to move on. We had the anchor up by 6:45, but the fuel dock did not open until 9am. After filling both fuel and water tanks, we left and headed back to the Bay and on to Deltaville.
We got the anchor down at 4pm.
Sunday we slept in and had a late breakfast. Brian and I kayaked and stopped by the Johnson's boat and visited. We decided our next stop would be Urbanna instead of The Solomans. After lunch we kayaked to shore and tried to walk to town, not realizing how far it really was. The three older boys went about 2-3 miles and then came back. Brian, Nathan and I were just getting ready to head after them an hour later when they were coming back. Nathan decided to stay with them, so Brian and I headed out.
We ended up walking to a local museum and nature park. the museum was about to close, so we went down and looked at a replica of a shallop Captain John Smith used to chart the Chesapeake back in the 1600's.
We put down our anchor at 2:10 that afternoon.
We got settled and then dinghy'd to the town dock and explored the town.
Back at the dinghy dock, we met our anchor neighbor. We visited a bit, then he said he had some books for us. He brought back two large bags loaded down. He said to choose what we wanted and he would take back the rest to pass along to someone else down the line. We were able to update several of our chart books. From 2003 to 2012 versions! To thank him, we invited him to the boat for dinner. He gladly accepted. He has been cruising for 4 years and had quite the stories to tell. He was attacked by a huge man of war jelly fish in the Dry Tortuga's down in FL last year, and has since lived a life of gratitude, being joyful and serving others when he can.
The Floyd's arrived late Tuesday morning. We went over to visit them on Encore, the Johnson's boat. They had generously brought us gifts of fruit, precooked bacon and cookies! We all walked to a local pizza place and had lunch.
Today, Wednesday, we woke to a very windy start to the day. It has since settled down. After breakfast and straightening up the boat, we came to town, and settled in at the library to write this post.
Until next time...
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