I forgot to show you a video from a few days ago when Tom was demonstrating how to do housework while sailing.
We wanted to be flexible and so here we are, staying a number of days around Deltaville, VA. Deltaville is an unincorporated town/area, again with more boats than people. There are 14 marinas scattered around here. We were walking along the highway, backpacks on back toward the grocery story and a man stops to pick us up, saying the store is a lot farther than we probably imagined. We hopped in. He has turned out to be our sponsor here in making us feel welcome and to meet people and places.
First he took us by a home machine worker who will weld a part we need for our engine. Then he invited us to a 4 p.m. gathering at his home to watch the America's Cup. It turned out his home is very near where we were anchored. A big fine home on the shore overlooking the large river entrance and our protected anchorage. We met the owners of the Waterway Guide we'd been using. The couple also owns two marinas here. We also met the manager of the 30-acre museum property here where he had taken us earlier to show us how volunteers here are building a community center and natural gardens where their boat museum burned a few years ago.
We are also invited to a poker game at his house tonight (may not go) and to the Farmers Market and then concert that evening on the Museum property. With all that offered, we decided to stay. It's pretty here and it might be a nice place to live sometime. Plus we needed a break.
Yesterday, when we went to have our boat pumped out, the nearby marina said their pump was inoperable, so we ended up over in another river marina and anchorage. After pumping, we just put out anchor here and are spending the morning before motoring back to our original spot.
After anchoring yesterday, we dinghyed out to explore. First we tied up to some pilings along a channel to have manhattens. We soon decided to untie and just let the wind float us back out while we relaxed. Such a nice ending to an otherwise stressful day.
If the weather permits, we'll probably head over to Cape Charles on Sunday, where we've had mail sent.
2 comments:
I've caught up with your blog and travels. Great photos, Nancy or whichever one of you is the photographer. So many picture perfect scenes. Are you getting to warmer climates yet? It's hot here today, but that's that is due to change.
Judi
Thank you, Judi. I like looking for just the right way to show something. I cull my pictures to show just the best ones. Tom is writing on his own blog now - it's tnroamer@blogspot.com.
It is getting chilly here and just this morning said I wish I had my long robe and fluffy slippers to wear in mornings. But no. Instead, we'll be heading south. I hope we can catch up with and keep the warmer weather.
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