Deltaville VA to Hampton, VA

Day 1- Monday
We were ready to leave Deltaville and with Mattias' finger feeling better, we got an early start today. With all the happenings of the day before, we forgot to remove the kid's carseats from the rental car on Sunday so had to wait until the marina office opened at 8 a.m. where our keys were left. After that, we immediately headed out of the marina. It was a gorgeous sunny day with Southwest winds that picked up some in the afternoon. We had another 45 nautical miles to do this day so with that in mind, motored some and had the jib up the entire way. There was plenty of military traffic in this area of the Chesapeake Bay and on our 6 1/2 hr. sail, we enjoyed watching the boats and listening to the radio. "Reminders" from the warships told boats that got a little too close that they were required to stay a distance of at least 500 yards, if not 1000 yards away from any military warship traveling in the area. One innocent sailing vessel was reprimanded and was told to move now or there would be swift military action. The sailor replied feebly back to the menacing ship and quickly got out of the way. We are now out of Chesapeake Bay and entered Hampton Roads. We arrived Hampton Public Piers at around 2:30 p.m. and set up for two nights.
Day 2- Tuesday
We decided since were were still in the area to visit Yorktown, the last of the Colonial Triangle of Williamsburg and Jamestown. The American victory at Yorktown was the last major battle of the American Revolution and secured independence for the United States from the British. It was a rainy morning so we watched the orientation film and toured the museum to see the tents that George Washington used for his headquarters among other things. Took a 7 mile driving tour and saw the major battlefield sights as well. It's pretty interesting to tour these sights considering they are so close to current inhabitants and traffic use and the areas the soldiers covered are immense. Today rounded out our history lesson for the Chesapeake Bay part of this trip. We got back to modern life by a shopping fix at Costco and Walmart to do some provisioning for the boat.
We are sailing again tomorrow and need to figure out the best destination tonight.

More later,
Carrie