We went up the Chesapeake from Norfolk to Yorktown and are staying in Yorktown for 2 nights.

Leaving Norfolk, we passed the US Naval base there and it was an impressive sight to see 2 aircraft carriers docked next to each other, large rocket launcher platform ships, many huge supply ships and others. There were also US CBs with machine guns in small boats and Norfolk Harbor Police boats with their lights on to keep boats out of the Navy base waters.



Then, as we exited the Norfolk "Class A" channel (OK for really big ships), we saw the Tall Ships sailing on the Chesapeake, bound for Jamestown, VA for the Quadra Centennial Celebration of the founding of Jamestown. There were 3 tall ships and a dhow... a the small type sailboat Captain John Smith used to explore the bays while the big ships stayed anchored in deep water. The celebration is next week, including a visit from Queen Elizabeth herself. So we got the Jamestown tall ships parade early.