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this morning we woke up to heat, humidity, and not a lot of wind. it took a little while for me to get moving. pam did a fantastic job of getting up and cleaning up after the "party" we had last night. i'm so pleased to have such a good ship's mate! owen joined me in the bunk, and it amazes me how much "cat gravity" he can have without even laying on top of me. he's very cute and affectionate. finally i rolled out of bed, and we caught the first dinghy ride we could to yorktown docks. yeah jiminny! there we payed for one more night of mooring (the weather called for lots of wind and rain and thunder today). then showers, and then to the coffee shop... ah, yes. i began to wake up proper!
twice we watched the double swinging bridge swing out to allow a couple of big naval vessels go through and on out to the chesapeake. impressive to watch. it was "cute" to see the little (only little compaired with the navy ships) tug boats helping the ships find their way, bumping up on them on either side. while we were watching from the city docks t was fun to see some little pencil fish hunting for some even littler fish, while some birds were hunting them. "the circle of life."
we stopped in a wool shop and Pam got a drop spindle to spin yarn out of wool. it was fun to get spinning lessons from the proprieter of the shop.
then we drove the vanderwettering car (marvin the martian) back to becca's house, and stopped to visit a bit, and to practice our newly found spinning skills. becca drove us back to yorktown, and we got hugs and kisses goodbye from the kids. david and anna were sad to say goodbye, which in all honesty, feels good to be loved that much. still sad to say goodbye. once again, thanks becca and jason for joyfully sharing your family with us!
back to cricket to check on owen (he's fine), get our computers and head back to yorktown for pizza, wifi and coffee while it blows and rains on the festivities of the town outside.
tomorrow we head towards the mighty sea!
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