Dolphins Again

Near Yorktown, VA
N 37 15.341 W 76 28.644

Yesterday morning started with dense fog. We were planning to leave Urbanna early but the fog changed our minds. We eventually departed around noon. There was a good breeze and a few whitecaps, but the wind was exactly on our nose so we had to motor to Deltaville for the night.

This morning was nicer. We left Deltaville around 08:00. We seem to have trouble with the channel in and out of that place. Two years ago we ran aground in that channel. It wasn't a navigation error but rather an extra low low tide that did us in. One year ago I nearly hit one of the channel day markers leaving the harbor. Mary Ann rescued me from that. This morning, Libby almost hit the same channel marker. I yelled "TURN LEFT," she did and we narrowly missed it. It must be a jinx place
for Tarwathie.

The nice part was that after motoring out the channel a little bit, we were able to set sail and sail all the way down here to Yorktown. The winds were light so we didn't set any speed records, but we did manage 4 to 5 knots much of the time. We even got to do the spinnaker.

Yorktown is a place that is not friendly to visit by boat. Yorktown is on the south shore of the York River. There is no place to anchor on the south shore. Therefore, we are on the north shore in Sarah Creek. We are also very close to the base of the York River bridge, but alas pedestrians are not allowed to walk over the bridge.

Tomorrow night we are going to dinner at Steve and Susan's house, but tomorrow during the day we want to see some of the historic sights in Yorktown. Perhaps the most practical way is to take to dingy 2 miles across the river.

We talked to Dave tonight. He was fuming about the national guard. They sent him back from Kuwait early to attend a course in Mississippi. But when he got there, the course roster was full. Then they were going to let him go home to Alaska, but no, his CO wants the whole unit to be there in formation when the governor visits. Therefore, he has to sit there for 10 days doing nothing. Dave's wife Cathy though is going to change his attitude. She is going to fly down from Alaska for a few days
just to welcome him home early. That's true love and I predict that it will change Dave's bad mood in a flash.

p.s. This morning we encountered a big pod of dolphins. About two dozen of them in the pod. They swam alongside us for a few seconds. We also began seeing pelicans. Those were the first dolphins and pelicans we've seen since last spring. Welcome back to southern waters.