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| Our 2 boats in our basin! |
We are so anxious to leave this cute little historic town of
Portsmouth. Not that we don't like the town. We do but enoughs, enough! Now, there are small craft
warnings up until 10 am today. We all agreed
that Tuesday is our day to head north.
They are predicting S to SW winds tomorrow…it’s about time!
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| Looking at Norfolk from our High Street Basin |
We decided to do something productive today. So, we took our dirty clothes to Tidewater
Marina this morning. We tried to find a
public laundromat and there wasn't one within walking distance. The gal at the
visitor center said to call Tidewater. They
have 3 washers and 4 dryers…$1.50 each and anybody can use them. Three loads washed and 3 loads dried and we’re heading back to the Happy Hours.
Rita wanted to try ‘Thumpers’ for lunch. They have the same
menu as the Elizabeth City ‘Thumpers’.
Hopefully the food is of the same quality! They also
have a ‘Thumpers’ in Nags Head on
the beach…cool…I'd like to try that restaurant also but as the song goes…2 out of
3 ain't bad! LOL I had a chicken wrap and salad and Chuck had
a roast beef sandwich and fries…good food.
Rita tried their fish tacos. She
said they were to die for. David had a
hamburger….he’s being Chuck today and not trying anything new!
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| Fresnel lens along the river walk |
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| wooden boat at Ocean Marina |
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| huge prop |
We walked back to our boats.
David and Rita got back on Whisper for some R&R time…reading and
resting. Chuck and I walked around our
basin and south along the river walk to the Ocean Marina, The Pavilion, and
then to a day park commemorating the shipyards of the Portsmouth-Norfolk
area. They had huge propellers, guns,
and part of a submarine on display. It
was a sunny but brisk walk.
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| Pass House |
We then
circled back to High Street and walked some streets with the historic
houses. One was called the ‘Pass House’
because it was used by the Union forces to give out passes to people if they
wanted to leave Portsmouth. Later in the afternoon, David and Rita came over with their
charts. We have various anchorages
picked out that we can stop at depending on the distance we travel tomorrow…
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