A Visit Home Then Back on the Loop - Day 238-254

May 8 to 24, 2016
Day 238-254

After the AGLCA Rendezvous in Norfolk, we moved the boat to the York River Yacht Haven just a few miles from our house in Gloucester, VA.  Over the next two weeks, we attended a family funeral near Roanoke, VA, saw our doctors in Gloucester, attended the 30th anniversary of our priest's ordination, saw doctors in Baltimore, visited family and friends in Baltimore, and attended our grandaughter's Confirmation in Culpeper, VA.  Oh, and we did spend three or four night at our house.  By the time all of that was done we were ready to get traveling on the boat again!

We left Yorktown on May 24th and headed up to Solomon's Island, MD, a distance I had estimated at 85 miles.  We knew it would be a long day, but while the Chesapeake Bay was relatively calm we wanted to make a lot of miles.  As it turned out the actual distance was 101 miles, our longest travel day yet!

Below is Wolf Trap Lighthouse off of the Northern Neck of Virginia.

When we arrived at the Calvert Marina at Solomon's Island we were tired from the long ride, but as soon as the boat crews already there saw us pull in they started setting up for a docktail party on the dock right in front of our boat.  We got to meet new friends and have a few cold ones before turning in for the night.