Hampton, Virginia

You know I am trying to get caught up here, so this entry about Hampton is a bit out of order. Hampton comes after Deltaville (alphabetically and geographically). Hampton is the end of the line in the Chesapeake. This is where we pick up the Intracoastal Waterway that will take us in mostly protected water all the way down to Miami.

We anchored way up the Hampton River, past a bridge the sailboats couldn’t get under. The basin we were in was blank on our charts…no depths indicated. So other powerboats were afraid to anchor there. We had all the water depth we needed, a beautiful view, and the calmest anchorage imaginable.

Our buddy Matthew often asks us when we last jumped.

Moss and Ellen showing our support for a friend who was having a bit of a rough time.

Hampton has what looks like a great air and space museum but it was closed on the day we had time to see it.

Moss met us here for a night aboard. Then we went with her back to Williamsburg to hang our at beautiful William & Mary for a bit.

More Star Wars…these cranes look like AT-ATs from the movie.

Leaving Hampton we stayed a night at Old Point Comfort so we could check out Fort Monroe. It’s got a moat and everything. But we didn’t take pictures because we went for a run around the place (longer than anticipated…the place is big) and didn’t carry a camera.

Heading down through Norfolk we got an eyeful of Navy vessels and big industry.