First off I'll say that this was my first season cruising and my views
on things and my writing style has changed a lot since then.

Rosalie B. wrote in
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"Geoffrey W. Schultz" wrote:

I appreciate the comments. I spend a lot of time on the web site and
it's nice to know that people find it valuable. I've always been
amazed at how many people that I've met who literally have copies of
the web site aboard their boat.

I looked at the parts that I know about (the Chesapeake and ICW), and
while I found it very interesting and did like the photos, I was a bit
put off by some of the things you said like

As it turns out, there aren't a lot of anchorages on the Chesapeake
bay

Which I know is untrue. Of course, anchoring north of Bloodsworth
Island is not an anchorage I would have chosen. And

This was probably due to trying to move the boat as much as possible and
the anchorages that I was looking at weren't well spaced for this.

The ICW runs from Norfolk, VA to the farthest Key in Florida.

Actually the ICW runs from north of the Chesapeake (I'm not sure how
far, but it is in NJ) all the way around the end of Florida and along
the Gulf coast. It's just that the SM numbering goes from Norfolk
down to Key West.

Correct, but back then I didn't know this. I've learned a LOT from this
forum!

today we passed a brand new PINK house on a sand bar that obviously
had put palm trees in. Those trees won't survive long with the
temperatures that occur around here.

The trees are fine - they were still there when we came north this
year. The jets which you said were from the Army base were probably
from the Marine base. I don't think the Army has much in the way of
jets. The place that you said was an air force base near Elizabeth
City is the Coast Guard station.

Anyway, the photos were wonderful.



grandma Rosalie