Hampton, VA

We spent last night anchored in Mill Creek (37 47.503N/076 19.461 W), very nice. The guide book said that we would probably be the only boat anchored with the tree line shore dotted with houses - wrong.  We arrived with another boat following to find several other boats had beaten us, then several more joined the party.  No problem though, as there was plenty of room in the idyllic anchorage.

No excuse for not keeping the blog updated as we have managed to find WiFi everywhere we have been so far.  Beginning to wonder if I need the cell card.  Although, it was kind of nice getting away from the connected world for a change.  Yesterday we did see two interesting things on the Bay.  The first was Geronimo a 66 foot Trumpy yacht doing 20 knots southbound.  The second was possibly a hover craft with no markings and information masked on AIS doing 32 knots northbound. Very Darth Vader looking craft.

Speaking of AIS, several people have noted that we got to the mouth of the Potomac and dropped off of the map.  Did some research and found that http://www.marinetraffic.com/ is dependent on volunteer ground stations with AIS receivers streaming on the Internet.  We will probably pop back up when we transit Norfolk.  I am looking into becoming a floating ground station, i.e., every time I access the Internet I will stream my AIS information and everyone within VHF range.

Spending tonight and probably tomorrow at the Hampton Public Pier.  Nice, friendly facility and priced reasonably ($1.25 per foot per night - stay two and the third is free).  Pollie is not ready for another nasty day and tomorrow is supposed to be rainy.  Today we started out with wind from the north and current running north.  Needless to say it "lumped up a bit."  We had waves in the 4 to 6 feet range for the first 4 hours then it smoothed out and finally no wind.