Day 281: Still No Sunshine

Deltaville to Tidewater Yacht Marina, Portsmouth, VA (docked)

October 25, 2022

Red sky last night did not provide any delight for this sailor. It’s still gray. It’s not raining and it’s not windy, but it’s still just gray. We were lucky that we had sun when we were in St. Michaels on Friday because we’ve been in this monotone gray ever since.

Leaving Deltaville

At least the water was pretty calm today so we could read. We also had a passenger for about an hour and a half. No doubt she is also tired of the gray, too.

She hung on the isinglass of our cockpit

As we got closer to Portsmouth and Norfolk, there was a definite change in the surroundings. We also saw a naval police boat interact with a sailboat that was getting near some of the docked naval ships.

There’s a naval police boat right behind the sailboat

There was also a lot of commercial traffic.

Barge
Lots of containers on this barge

We’re back in the same marina where we stayed in July. I will be in some virtual meetings for the next few days and the wifi is pretty decent here. We can also get groceries and other deliveries while we’re here; we know the next week or so we will travel through some remote-ish areas.

Night is very different here in this marina – we’ve got so much light from across the river from us in Norfolk.

Norfolk night
Norfolk at night

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Author: Chris McLean

Sailor, reader, baker, nature lover.

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