On Thursday, August 18, we left Hampton and cruised up the James River to the Pagan River into Smithfield, VA — the HAM city. As always, we look forward to taking pictures when cruising through areas that are new to us. Well, here is the James River w…
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Palmetto Moon 2011-08-31 11:30:00
We docked at Smithfield Station which has a marina, inn, pool, restaurant, and shops. That night we dined at the restaurant and couldn’t resist trying the Station burger — Smithfield ham, burger, cheddar cheese, Smithfield bacon, and jumbo lump crab m…
Palmetto Moon 2011-08-31 11:20:00
On Friday, August 19, we walked through Windsor Castle park to the historic downtown. Windsor Castle park is made up of over 3.8 miles of walking trails, mountain bike path, fishing pier, kayak/canoe launch, picnic area, dog park, orchard, and the Mano…
Palmetto Moon 2011-08-31 11:15:00
Palmetto Moon with the new hardtop and enclosure…..Friends that we made in Deltaville — Lin & Cheryl on M/V Cherlin and Art and Gail on M/V Reel Blonde came in Friday afternoon. They invited us to join the Nansemond River Power Squadron festivit…
Palmetto Moon 2011-08-31 11:05:00
On Sunday, August 21, we left Smithfield and cruised down the Pagan River to the James River to the Elizabeth River to Portsmouth. Once again, we had south winds and heavy smoke, so all pictures look blurred. On Monday, August 22, Full Throttle started…
Palmetto Moon 2011-08-31 11:00:00
On Thursday, August 25, we pulled into Shed #1 at Atlantic Yacht Basin in Chesapeake, VA, Mile 12.6 on the ICW. This was the view from our port side. There were probably 40 boats, some three deep, in the shed with us.On Saturday, August 27, we woke up…
Palmetto Moon 2011-07-31 12:15:00
Accomplishment is the word for the month of July. The three of us survived the incredibly hot weather with temps in the hundreds and new heat index records. Should we mention the air conditioner issues that we experienced during some of those days — p…
Palmetto Moon 2011-07-31 12:13:00
Palmetto Moon with the dark green bimini and enclosure or how she looked for the last five years.
Palmetto Moon 2011-07-31 12:11:00
On Tuesday, July19, the hardtop frame was delivered to the parking lot. It looked enormous, and we wondered if Palmetto Moon had grown to 60′. OK, just wishful thinking.
Palmetto Moon 2011-07-31 12:10:00
On Wednesday, July 20 we moved out of the shed at Dozier’s Regatta Point Marina into the main basin so the hardtop frame could be installed. Actually we moved back into the shed as soon as we could to get out of the sweltering heat since we did not hav…
