Norfolk

Arrived in Norfolk on Thursday after a very cool motor from coinjock. Great weather and really beautiful scenery on the way. The Virginia cut is a very scenic stretch of the ICW. Everything from marshland to the canal spliting gorgeous stands of cypress trees. As we approached Norfolk we had to transit several bascule bridges and our first lock. Everything went well and we reached the Norfolk, Portsmouth area about 3 pm. Went under a new super tall bridge(Jordan) and several huge lift bridges. They have to be because this is the largest naval area in the world. Our marina was about half way into the area where the ships are built, stored and repaired and we passed aircraft carriers, submarines, and large attach boats we think were cruisers or destroyers. We stayed at ocean marine marina. It was built on the first naval dry dock in the US! We got the boat tied up and washed down and the walked a few blocks to downtown Portsmouth. Very cool historic area. Some photos are below


Pic speaks for itself...big


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Huge new Jordan bridge on the ICW in Norfolk









Submarine at navy base Norfolk









Some kind of big troop ship I presume













One of the lift bridges we transited in Norfolk





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