May 29th, 2011

May 29,2011, Sun.

We left Elizabeth City around 8:00 to catch the 11:00 South Mills lock and bridge. We made the approx. 19 miles too early, so we did a crawl. The Lockmaster finally said when we get close he’ll open the lock for us to go in and tie up. It’s a very narrow canal and 4 trawlers waiting isn’t fun. After we locked thru, our plan was to go thru the bridge at Deep Creek and tie to Elizabeths dock for the night. Then go thru Deep Creek lock in the am and on to Waterside in Norfolk. It was very hot, so I called the Trawler Train to see if everyone wanted to keep going and go right to Waterside so we had electric and AC. All the Admirals were in agreement. We had to wait about an hour for the Deep Creek bridge and lock to open, after we did a crawl thru the Dismal Swamp. What a difference from the sailboat, where we pushed to make the locks. Then we had another RR. bridge closing and a highway bridge. Just about an eleven hour day and only 50 miles. Tied up at Waterside around 6:45, showered, went to get something to eat and went to bed. A very long day! We stayed at Waterside the next day, went to the food store and we all went out to dinner.