Nice Surprise

It was just a perfect day on Checked Out.  We left Atlantic City this morning at 6:30.  Forecast was wind out of the South 10 to 15 and waves 3 to 4 feet.  After our tough run yesterday, we thought we would head down to Cape May and then turn up the more protected water of the Delaware and then down the Chesapeake Bay.  We were not up for another day of pounding on the open ocean.

Well, luck was on our side today.  Once we cleared the Absecon Inlet at Atlantic City, the seas were more like 2 to 3 feet and pretty far apart.  It was nothing like the day before.  Dave and I looked at each other and almost together said we needed to reset the waypoint for Norfolk.

So we adjusted our travel plans and turned toward Virginia.  We had a near perfect day on the water.  It was sunny and relatively calm.  The boat ran perfectly for us all day.  We turned into the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay and crossed over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel at 4:15pm after 190 miles.

We cruised on into Norfolk, tied up the boat, gave her a quick wash down and headed out for dinner after a total of 237 miles.  Another long day, but the tough part of the trip is over for us now.  We can continue down the ICW in more protected water if the weather is an issue.  We still have all of our options open to run on the outside if the weather is going to be good.

We plan to run down to Morehead City, NC tomorrow.  We should cover another 200+ miles on our journey south.  Sorry no pictures today as we had nothing but open ocean all day.  I’ll try and have some for tomorrow.