Old Towne Portsmouth, Virginia

The building archetecture in Olde Towne was really interesting and had lots of history. This is one of the buildings.

We went to church on the Sunday, the First Methodist United Church, they had amalgamated with an Evangelical Church. The choir of about 25 women and 8 men was fabulous and they sang hymns that we knew. I remember singing some of the hymns at Appleby in Chapel. There was a man in the choir with a big moustache like Paul Shields at Appleby College and a woman in the congregation that reminded me a lot of Sharon, a friend from LSYC. They included the children in carrying the light for the candles at the front. The minister had a good serman and was very likable. They were really friendly and gave us a mug full of Hersey Kisses. I was impressed....

The best place for free internet was at The Coffee Shop. We spent two or three days there, drinking coffee, eating scones and blogging and emailing, Anthony sat beside me and read. The owner was great and always took time to visit with us.

Here Anthony is getting the boat ready to put on the hard. We needed a new cupler for the shaft and then when the cupler came it didn't fit the old shaft so we had to get a new shaft. The people at Full Throttle that fixed us up were great. The part came in at noon and we were back in the water by 3:00 and working beautifully. When we took it out of the water we had to stay at a Bed and Breakfast in Olde Towne. That was a real treat.

Here we are in the slings. The part came the next day at noon but we had to be on the hard over night.

We took the ferry over to Norfolk again to buy groceries and there are mermaids all over the place there each one decorated differently. They were beautiful. Hazel, you would have liked seeing the mermaids.

In the Patriot B&B they had this awesome tub in our room sooooo I had a bath. It was really deep and hot but no music or candles like you have for me Bonnie.

Anthony was enjoying the bed, a real bed with fresh new sheets and it had a pillow top mattress and a pillowy cover so it felt like you were sleeping on a great big pillow. A little bit different than boat foam and plywood.

The fireplaces in the rooms worked and they had free internet and a TV with about a dozen channels. It was heaven. There were antiques everywhere in the house and we had access to the library, living room and our bedroom which was a bed sitting room with a bathroom off it and private. Breakfast was ham and biscuits, eggs and fresh homemade jam. It was soooo good. We met an interesting couple from .... somewhere in the states further north...I can't remember.

There were four bedrooms, each one with fireplaces, ensuite bathrooms, wingback chairs, high, high beds, and lots of antiques. Our room was called the General Charles Lee Bed Chamber.

The pictures and stitching was authentic and very beautifully done, very old.

Look at the bed, so gorgeous and "Who is sleeping in my bed" said the little bear.

Stairways, I loved it.

This is the library.

They had a collection of smokers from Germany. Both owners were professors at a University close.

This gentleman came around to take the other guests on a tour of Olde Towne. We were on our way out, the boat was fixed and we were anxious to get going.

While in Norfolk and Olde Towne there was a huge military presence, helicopters, huge fighter boats, aircraft boats, jets, all around us all the time. It ....was......interesting.

This is a worried Anthony. How much is this job going to cost and we had to stay at the Tidewater Marina for $86 a night for how many days....too many days. We're going to anchor for ever after. This trip could be way too expensive. The mechanics that worked on the boat, two of them cost us 120 dollars an hour. I wonder how fast they're going to charge us. We're going to have to get a job here to pay for all this!!!! But we didn't get a job, we just paid the bill and left.