July 9, 08 Great Bridge, Virginia

We have been traveling north up the intercoastal waterway stopping in Great Bridge, Virginia (Cheasapeake area). Gordon has a training session in Washington, DC so we have rented a car and will be heading up to DC today and returning tomorrow.

As we approached Great Bridge, we heard and watched several military planes practicing landings and take-offs. I took a picture as a plane flew by us. This was very noisey after the quiet days on the intercoastal waterway with nothing but Osprey birds, their chicks, and butterflies.



The birds loved building their nests ontop of the channel markers. We delighted in watching the parents fly off and then come back to feed the birds or "repair the nests" with branches from the nearby marshes.











A fishing trawler with its big nets waving to-and frow. What a lovely day to go fishing Although every afternoon their was thunder and quick fast showers.