Elvis has left the dock!

At 7a.m. we threw the last of the 10 storm dock lines (usually have only 5-6) and headed out of Fishing Bay

and into the calm Chesapeake, destination Norfolk.  For our future reference, our long/lat were 37deg 32.544N, 76deg 20.354W.  It was 55 degrees and the water temp was 57.7.  It will be interesting to us to compare that when we get to the Bahamas, especially the southern Bahamas.

We had an uneventful trip to Norfolk, passing Ft. Monroe as we entered the Elizabeth River.

Then past the usual BIG ships

and to our new discovery (courtesy of the dock master on the Dismal Swamp), a free dock in Portsmouth, at the High Street Landing.  It's a great place.  Old town Portsmouth.  We will be walking to the little renovated cinema down the street in a bit -- the new Disney 3-D movie Christmas Carol for $4.50 each plus dinner for $7. Cute little tables, phone to call in for more food, drinks...Can't beat that!

The boat has a bit of vibration which we attribute to barnacles on the prop (the waters in Fishing Bay are notorious for them).  So, we've got a diver lined up at 7:15 tomorrow morning at one of the Norfolk marinas to check it out and clean the prop...SHOULD take care of it!