We are finally out of the Atlantic ICW (Intracoastal Waterway) commonly referred to as the 'ditch' . It is nearly 1100 miles from Portsmouth, VA to Miami and we are glad to be through it. The ICW is good and bad...it provides protected water travel except for a few open sounds and bays but you have to pay constant attention at the helm due to a multitude of shallow spots and shifting shoals as well as several places where the current runs through narrow cuts connecting sections of the ICW. The names of the various places and waterways tells the story.....Cape Fear, Lockwoods Folly, and Hell's Gate for example.
We spent four days in Portsmouth, VA one extra than we had planned due to bad weather. We are now on the Chesapeake Bay in Irvington, VA at the Tides Inn Marina. Portsmouth was great stop as we visited Norfolk and met up with Greg and Judy Edwards who we met in Naples, Fl. They live in Newport News and met us in Smithfield, VA at Smithfield Station for dinner. Smithfield is home to Smithfield Hams. We will be here in Irvington for 2 days as it is a great little spot to walk, bike , and kayak (Carolyns VA spot). All of the pics are from Irvington and include Christs Church (circa 1735) and the White Fences Winery. We have now travled over 2600 miles since leaving home and have about that much more to go. We plan to visit 4-5 spots on the Chesapeake before heading to the Delaware Bay, Cape May and on to New York City. The Chesapeake is a great boating bay with plenty of water and lots of neat stops and anchorages. We are now back into plotting courses every day and watching the weather as a lot of the bay is subject to wind and can get nasty quickly.
Later..Be safe!
We are finally out of the Atlantic ICW (Intracoastal Waterway) commonly referred to as the 'ditch' . It is nearly 1100 miles from Portsmouth, VA to Miami and we are glad to be through it. The ICW is good and bad...it provides protected water travel except for a few open sounds and bays but you have to pay constant attention at the helm due to a multitude of shallow spots and shifting shoals as well as several places where the current runs through narrow cuts connecting sections of the ICW. The names of the various places and waterways tells the story.....Cape Fear, Lockwoods Folly, and Hell's Gate for example. 
We spent four days in Portsmouth, VA one extra than we had planned due to bad weather. We are now on the Chesapeake Bay in Irvington, VA at the Tides Inn Marina. Portsmouth was great stop as we visited Norfolk and met up with Greg and Judy Edwards who we met in Naples, Fl. They live in Newport News and met us in Smithfield, VA at Smithfield Station for dinner. Smithfield is home to Smithfield Hams. We will be here in Irvington for 2 days as it is a great little spot to walk, bike , and kayak (Carolyns VA spot). All of the pics are from Irvington and include Christs Church (circa 1735) and the White Fences Winery. We have now travled over 2600 miles since leaving home and have about that much more to go. We plan to visit 4-5 spots on the Chesapeake before heading to the Delaware Bay, Cape May and on to New York City. The Chesapeake is a great boating bay with plenty of water and lots of neat stops and anchorages. We are now back into plotting courses every day and watching the weather as a lot of the bay is subject to wind and can get nasty quickly.
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