Steve Lambert

Hapmpton, VA Public Library

Well it's getting very frustrating being without a computer. Still, we're having a good time.

Jenny flew home on Sunday after four nights with us, one in Elizabeth City, one in the NC Welcome Center, one in Hampton, and one in Norfolk. The weather was ideal the whole time.

After Jenny left Libby and I sailed up the James River to Jamestown. We spent Monday morning doing the tour of Jamestown Settlement. It was nice, but expensive. We got to see the replica square rigger Godspeed sail off on a tour, just like the Elizabeth II we saw in Elizabeth City.

In the afternoon Steve Lambert, and old friend from PTI, met us and became our host for the day. Steve's wife Susan was away from home. Steve took us to see Colonial Williamsburg which was very nice. Then he took us to Staples and Office Max where I eyeballed buying a new laptop computer. Libby was pushing me to get one. Maybe I'm driving her crazy. Anyhow at the last moment I chickened out. It seemed like a far too extravagant expense just for a few weeks.

Steve took us home to his house for a steak dinnner. We had an excellent evening. It was fun to catch up with Steve and news of common friends. Thanks a lot Steve, you can report to Susan that you were an excellent host.

Today we sailed back to Hampton, and tomorrow we begin sailing north in the Chesapeake. No destination, no goal. Just 3 days of southerly winds ahead of us.

As we sailed into Hampton this afternoon we saw the carrier USS George Washington returing from an overseas tour. She had 3,000 sailors standing at attention on deck with their dress whites on. That made a very impressive sight.