20 June 2013 – Thursday

Our task for today is to cruise to the Chesapeake Bay.  This is about 15 miles away and we would pass the Norfolk Navy Base.  Many of our proud Navy ships are home ported here. 

A Billets Ship that the crew lives on while their ship is in repair status

The USS New York, Its bow was cast from salvage steel from the World Trade Center

USS Abraham Lincoln in drydock

USS George H W Bush

Once we got to within about 3 miles of the bay itself the water got too rough to continue so we headed back to the marina.  There we washed the boat and made her ready to be abandoned for a month or so.  During our visit downtown, we had noticed a movie theatre that looked interesting.  Beth checked it out and it turned out to be a “Dinner Theatre” which was showing this evening “Man of Steel”.  Now our daughter Jessica had reported that this was a great movie.  Beth and I got on the bikes and headed downtown to purchase our theatre tickets.  It was a fun ride.  Once we had the tickets we rode around for a couple of miles checking out the sights.  There are several museums that we will tour when we return to this area.  We returned to the boat and got Joe ready for his “Dinner Theatre” experience.  We walked to the theatre and dined on fine chicken strips and such.  The interior of the theatre was very well done with a couple of great historical murals on the side walls. 

 
The movie began and for those of you who have seen it, you recall that it is non-stop explosions and other loud noises.  On the walk back to the boat I tried to leap into the air and fly several times.  It did not work well.  Tomorrow, 21 June, we will be picked up by a cab and delivered to the Norfolk airport for our flight home to Kansas.  See you all later.