Laid up in Virginia Beach, not advancement.

Hurricane Arthur threw us a curve ball… we needed to stay put for a few days.  In the meantime we took advantage of all that Va. Beach has to offer.

7-2

Kelly & Qwin went fishing off the pier, Matt tried surfing a couple times before the ocean came up.  I laid back had a couple drinks and just relaxed.

A highlight for me was seeing my old friend Mary, we actually got to go out for a wonderful sushi dinner with her and her two sons Tim 19 and Danny 15, they are two fine young men, Nice job Mary! :-)

Dinner was super and very filling, the boys couldn’t even finish everything… and that’s not normal!

So basically the next couple days were R&R that were filled with some fine meals and easy living.

7-3

We had a couple great breakfasts a Big’s Sams, its funny,  but when you aren’t running the boys nor I couldn’t eat as much!  The first couple days of running, you would think we haven’t eaten for a week,  today was a little different… all of us just couldn’t eat that much… thank goodness!

Today became a little busy… I needed to go to West Marine and replace the two GPS units that broke down on the 1st, we also had to move and consolidate our rooms from two to one because of the holiday weekend… it was a little crammed  however we worked it out.

After getting the units I needed to head back to the Rudee Inlet Station Marina, Pat and Cassin (the Boss) were great to deal with and anytime you need to travel to Rudee please use these guys… they are ACES!

As good furtune would have it I bumped into a few fine folks from Va. also berthing at Inlet Station, Jason, Milo and their fine wives where gracious and offered as many drinks as necessary!  We chatted a bit and talk about their BMX & Jet Ski endurance runs… it’s fantastic the people you run into in the boating world… it makes it all worth while!  Oh ya… how could you forget Bruce from Bikini Bottom!  Bruce was also nice enough to offer his paddle boards to the boys if they wanted to use them… Thanks Bruce and nice talking with you, it was a lot of fun.

7-4

Ok, we are all starting to get a little stir crazy… it felt like ground hogs day… up for breakfast and then back to the hotel and mill around… Matt and Qwin tried their best at surfing however the rip tides from Hurricane Arthur where really strong and those guys didn’t feel comfortable in the water… also the waves really weren’t all that good!

That night we went to Mahi Ma for .50 cent wings, oysters and clams!  We killed it and then took a bus downtown for some DQ and walked around checking out the sights… Va. Beach in the summer is a very very busy place… filled with carnivals, music and bunches of shopping, there was something for everyone.

Before we headed back to the barn we had to make a pass at the Haunted House… they did a great job and everyone had a ball!  Ok, it wasn’t that scary but the guys at the Haunted House did a great job. :-)

The fireworks were canceled for tonight, so we are going to try for Morehead City and we are thinking we can make it to Morehead city, because they rescheduled their fireworks for the 5th like lots of other spots along the east coast this week.

Looking forward to a better week of running next week and who knows what is in store for us!

Over & Out

Captain Kelly, SPC
(Self Proclaimed Captain)