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Only 160 miles to Norfolk.Time for Mom and Godiva to take a napKids, enjoying the water, on a hot day, along the ICW. “Mom and Dad, can we go play with them?”Mother osprey and three babies. It must have been a good year. Most nests we passed had two an…

It’s always way cool to see all the ships in port in Norfolk. This crane looks like something out of a science fiction movie. 

It doesn’t get any calmer than this on the Chesapeake.You know you are on the Chesapeake when…..When you start to see the Waterman boats. It was nice to stop at a marina for the night, after a hot day on the water.Hi gorgeous!

Don’t look now, but we are in a bombing practice range. That’s a target they use.Headed into our marina for the night at Solomons. That’s a lot of sailboats. Our welcoming committee.Rough day on the Chesapeake.

Now that’s a channel marker.Time for a night out in Cape May. 

Another night out in Chesapeake City. An hour and a half later, we were in bed. I know, I know. Hey, they have been long days!Headed out at sunrise on the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. Amazing. This canal is 13 miles long, and was built in 1828.Bridge…

Now that’s a fly bridgeNot so big!A car carrier. (AKA roll off) These ships look so weird. If there is a a problem with a ship on the C and D Canal, these ships respond. 

 The view of Atlantic City as we come in from the Atlantic.The channel going into our anchorage in Atlantic City. It’s a little unnerving, when you see a fisherman standing in knee deep water next to the channel, and the channel is not much wider …