Departing

We are still in Hampton VA, it’s a great place. We are in the municipal marina because it is right downtown and so inexpensive. A marina for us is between $80 and $120 a night, the Hampton Public Piers was $114 for three nights!! We thought we would be hit with another huge storm but it passed us by, oh well! We have been hooked up to shore power, watched the election with our friends Michel and Monique from SV Zen, hit the Air and Space Museum, shopped at Super Walmart, refilled our water and propane tanks, cleaned the boat, did laundry, and changed the oil in the engine. Wow what decadence!

Shopping! We split a cab with Michel and Monique to get to Super Walmart:

Zen left this morning:

We also had our first “repair”, the main topping lift block. The little sheave (pulley) disintigrated and had to be replaced:

Of course one of the screws snapped off and the holes did not line up:

Done. Now we can raise and lower the main boom again:

Oil change. This municipal marina is so great they even took our used oil:

Dea Latis:

We are planning to depart tomorrow morning and hope to be in the Dismal Swamp by nightfall.