We arrived at our new home in Newport News VA on June 20; MAIA's slip is down the street a block from our townhouse. We will head out to complete our loop in the next day or so, about 50 miles to Deltaville VA to cross our wake and complete America's Great Loop! I guess I'm ready to complete the trip...
We've had so much fun over the last couple of months visiting with family and friends, and even painting and otherwise decorating our home! So here are the next-to-last pictures from our great adventure:
We've had so much fun over the last couple of months visiting with family and friends, and even painting and otherwise decorating our home! So here are the next-to-last pictures from our great adventure:
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| We stayed three days at the Myrtle Beach Yacht Club while Tropical Storm Andrea passed. |
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| Leaving the Myrtle Beach Yacht Club |
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| The ICW is SO close to the Atlantic Ocean in some spots |
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| More views as we head north on the ICW |
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| From phone booths to giraffes, you never know what to expect along the ICW |
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| The marina/inn in Oriental NC |
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| Approaching Elizabeth City NC |
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| The free docks at Elizabeth City. |
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| PELICAN waits along with MAIA for the first lock heading north on the Dismal Swamp Canal. |
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| Narrow and treed (watch for dead heads (debris)), much of the Dismal Swamp Canal is arrow-straight. |
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| The sign says it all... |
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| The northern lock in the Dismal Swamp Canal |
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| Entering Hampton Roads, with its commerce and military |
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| Home ahead - Deep Creek - from the channel in the James River |
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| MAIA is in the marina and our townhouse is a short walk up the hill |
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| Our garage the day we arrived home... We'd started collecting furniture and other things: four ceiling fans, a quilt rack, a chest, a table, a lamp and other accessories. A boat is not the best place to gather a furniture collection! |
