Here are some pictures from our trip north to the Chesapeake.  This is our first voyage as liveaboards.  Each day is a new learning experience.  We hope you enjoy traveling with us.

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Our first sunset (Broad Creek, NC)
8/20/00

Janet loves feeding her new friends
(Bath, NC) 8/21/00

Bath, NC Sunset -- One of our favorite spots 8/21/00

Janet gets help from Bailey with lines at the South Mills Lock

We had an unexpected meeting with Don and Nick Bitting -- friends from Oriental NC -- at the South Mills Lock.  It's  great to have friends to travel with!

Nick Bitting (AKA Dinghy Mon) doing what he does best.  He is the best dinghy driver we know.  He usually spends the day in the dinghy as we travel, running ahead to see what's coming next.  

The Great Dismal Swamp Canal route

We stopped at the North Carolina Visitor Center along the Dismal Swamp Canal and took a side trip by dinghy to Lake Drummond.  Don and Nick led the way.

The Dismal Swamp route is notorious for having debris in the water.  This is Blaine's idea of keeping a good lookout --  Driving the boat with the autopilot remote while relaxing on the foredeck.  Tough Life!

Max relaxes and watches the world go by (Dismal Swamp)

Don, aboard Valkyrie, getting some final advice from our Deep Creek Lock Master, Robert.

Meet Robert -- The nicest, most professional Lock Master we know.  If you travel through the Deep Creek Lock, tell him we said hello!

Janet takes the helm with the help of Max and Bailey as look-outs

'Charbonneau' tied up at the Waterside Marina, Norfolk.  (American Rover Tall Ship in the back)

Dinghy Mon showing his terror of being in a shark cage while we visited the wonderful Maritime Museum in Norfolk.  (What a HAM!)

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