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 Left Goat Is. two days ago at 0600 so as to
catch the 0830 lock at South Mills. We were the first to enter followed
by another sailboat. We noticed islands of duckweed in the lock which
we hadn't seen the week before. Locking was uneventful and the boat
behind asked to pass. We agreed that he should pass around the
Visitor's Center due to the closing tree canopy. Once we passed the
park's pedestrian bridge, we tucked to starboard and away he went. We
stopped but had to squeeze in as another boat was there. Oh yeah, we
brushed another tree but no damage.
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 After a two day stay, we left the DSC, headed down the
Elizabeth River, out of Norfolk, and crossed the Chesapeake towards
Kiptopeke. Traffic was light during the trip, the bridges were
cooperative, and weather was nice but not enough to sail without the
motor. We have not anchored in Kiptopeke State Park for over 20 years.
Back then it was an idyllic anchorage with a few fish traps outside of
the harbor.
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 As we entered the breakwater(built with
scuttled WWI Victory ships), we were saddened with the invasion of crab
floats through most of the anchorage. We were not comfortable with our
anchorage being close to the concrete hulks and a boat with not enough
chain. Oh well, only had to move twice in two days. The pelicans came
to roost each night (phew) and the tern type birds apparently were in
their mating ritual. Definitely not as we remembered it. The picture
to the right is a sunset viewed between the remnants of two cargo holds
on one of the Victory ships.
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