Fourth of July !

It took several more days of ICW ditch cruising to traverse North Carolina. After many creeks and marshes, swamps and canals we finally made Virginia. The last bit of NC and the entry to VA includes several draw bridges, a lock and a few train bridges. Most of these open on a schedule usually every half hour or hourly. It can be slow going if you show up 5 minutes late. Then the busy harbor of Norfolk is almost culture shock. There are yachts, navy vessels, freighters, tugs. barges, personal water craft and motor boats every where. There are ferries and tour boats as well. A few people even try tubing in this busy place . We passed through hauled up the sails and spend a few blissful hours on the Chesapeake. Then, with storm clouds gathering we headed into Back river and anchored. After dark we could see fireworks in an arc of about 300 degrees around us! Everywhere we looked there were fireworks. Only over the Bay and the harbor entrance did we see night sky. As it turns out even that was lighting up with lightning! The natural fireworks were even more impressive than all the others combined.