Brian to the rescue

Brian to the rescue

Brian, the ace marine mechanic – who works on holidays, kindly dropped his current project and stepped up to help us sort out our “electrical issues”.  The battery banks are realigned and the generator has another new impeller.  The new batteries will arrive tomorrow – if all goes well we will head south again in the afternoon.

Indeed all was good we headed further south into the Dismal Swamp hoping for a familiar stop at the Visitor Center. Instead we camped on the docks of the Chesapeake Yacht Company – these are not public or free docks, but with permission and an early departure – they often let boaters spend the night on their docks.  We kept at close eye on the cats since this is the place both have wandered off our boat along the Dismal.  We kept them entertained with the solar flower gifted by Steve’s sister Susan.

We did have an early start to make the lock opening at 8:30 and then on through the second lock at 1:30 which put us in Elizabeth City for the 4:30 bridge opening.  Thankfully there was still space on the face dock for us so we did not have to squeeze into their skinny slips for the night.  A walk in this cute town rounded out the long day.