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We were right. There were
only two other boats in the anchorage. There were not as many crab pots as there were in June but they were nevertheless in the way. We got the anchor down and holding in 20 feet. Holding in Hospital Point is always good. As it was already past 1600 ET, we decided to do nothing except relax on the boat, ..., which we did. By the time night fell, there were a total of 7 boats at anchor. We were pleasantly surprised to see that all were using their anchor light. Not bad.
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Today, we prepped the dinghy for her trip across the Elizabeth River to Norfolk's Waterside Marina where we would drop off our trash and take showers. Now that the public dinghy dock at the Battleship is no more, Waterside has taken up the slack at a reasonable price of USD 3.00 per dinghy plus $3.00 per person for showers. Once were were clean and respectable, we waited for Bob and Barb formally of SV BarbBobaSea. We try to see each other at least twice a year as they do their annual North/South migration by car. We ate at Hooter's then walked around the local parks. Of course Rudder (their dog) enjoyed the parks.
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Sadly, they had to go
around 1430 to meet up with family and we began our provisioning spree at the mall and the Fresh Food Market. This part of town is getting a major face lift and it will be quite 'la-de-da' in a year or two. After shopping, we loaded all of the stuff (including Ann's 16 kilos of ice) into the dinghy and back to the big boat we went. Dinghy was hauled back on deck and we were ready for the trip to the Dismal Swamp tomorrow.
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