Days Three and Four

dNorfolk, VA - On Saturday Mike, Dwayne, and Mark from our softball team, as well as Mark's wife, Jamie, met us in Norfolk to see us off on our trip. The plan was to take them for a sail, but we ended up motoring most of the time. Ben's friend from Beloit, Ryan Osborne, is stationed in Norfolk and came along as well. Ozzie provided the audio portion of our tour of Destroyer Row, which was great because otherwise Ben would have just made most of it up. 

We were impressed our friends organized the trip down to meet us, and it was great to be able to see them before we left. It's also nice to be able to show our friends what we'll be up to for the next four months. I'm never quite sure what people expect, but once they see the boat they usually realize that space is limited, but available. We are neither on an opulent yacht nor a hobbie cat - Whisper is Goldilock's boat (she's just right).

Norfolk, VA to Coinjock, NC - It's amazing how much easier it is to get up at 7:00 am when it's not for work. We left our slip at 8:30, filled up the fuel tanks and were passing ICW mile marker 0 by 9:00 am. Nine hours of motoring, 45 miles, one lock, two draw bridges, three swing bridges and 6.5 gallons of gas later we are docked at Coinjock Marina in NC.