In the morning the 100's of insects we heard the night before were mostly dead but left little green droppings where they died. Yuck. Our cleaning efforts had little effect. Hopefully the sun will naturally bleach away the stains.
We heard on the radio that the North Landing Bridge (at mile marker 20) was being worked on and wouldn’t open until after 6 pm. This was unfortunate as we were hoping to make it to Norfolk (mile marker 0) today and it would thus make for a very late arrival. But the winds were out of the SW at 10 and we had blue skies so we calculated our distance to the North Landing Bridge and realized we only needed to average about 4 knots (not the 6-7 we did yesterday while motoring) so we sailed and at times drifted along as the winds got light. The wind shifted to the NW at 12 and we continued sailing until around 2:30 pm when another boat informed us that the North Landing Bridge repairs were completed ahead of schedule so we picked up our pace and motored through the North Landing bridge around 3:45 pm only to discover that the next bridge about 5 miles along- the Centerville Turnpike bridge - remains closed between 4-6 pm. So, we slowed down our pace again, sailing along and caught the 6 pm opening along with about 7 other boats. Once through the Centerville Turnpike bridge, it was a mad dash to the free town dock in Chesapeake adjacent to what was once the Great Bridge a site of historical significance during the revolutionary war. We decided to enjoy a dinner out at the Lockside Bar and Grill (great spareribs) just a short walk away and to leave Juno at the Atlantic Yacht Basin on the opposite bank of the ICW for the time we’ll be in New York City attending Sally’s graduation.
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| Lazy sail past Coinjock Marina |
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| Secure on the free dock ready for the Great Bridge and Lock tomorrow |
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| Eating on the back dec k of the Lockside Bar and Grill |
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