After spending Monday night at Hospital Point in Norfolk we headed south on the ICW. On our charts, Hospital Point is mile 0 (read "zero") of the ICW. In the photo above the race has begun as we head down the Virginia Cut towards the railroad (bascule) bridge which is open all the time. While in Norfolk we did have to stop for one railroad bridge just like this one and the wait was 20 minutes until the train (locomotive and 3 cars) came through and then another 15 minutes after the train passed before the bridge reopened.
One obstacle in the Virginia cut, also known as the Chesapeake and Albemarle Canal, is a lock. This photo was taken by Sharon as we waited to be locked through. When you look at some of those distances and your boat only goes 7 knots you begin to think "what was I thinking?'
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