LOVE, LOVE, LOVE. DELTAVILLE, VIRGINIA

 

in front as you drive up to the Maritime Museum and park

It's true, right..all we need is Love. To be loved, love others like ourselves, love our environment and show love through your actions.  LOVE is a verb.  Its accountability to a higher standard (for ourselves and holding others that we Love to that standard) Sometimes love is a smile and friendly greeting. Which there is no shortage of in Deltaville. We have found Deltaville to be one of the friendliest places (people still wave to you when you are riding a bike or walking into town)  I got my haircut ($15 crazy right) and the woman was so sweet and we talked about my dreams,  her dreams and you could feel our mutual Love and support for eachother in that little 30 minutes.  Everywhere we went, people eyes smiled (masks on you can see their smiles in their eyes) 

Speaking of love, I love my husband. And I love music..Jon changed the speakers in our cockpit (there is a great West Marine in Deltaville)  because they buzzed with any amount of bass 🔊 .  The back of the speakers were pretty much deteriorated. We have been listening to Bobby Alu which has a Hawaiian tropical vibe..fun.  We also (ok mostly I) have been obsessed with Entrain.  We just recently discovered them but I guess they came out in the 90's. They are very heavy on the drums and are a feel good happy sound. My favorite song is Dancing In The Light. Check them out and let us know what you've been listening to. We love to discover bands we haven't listened to before

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Moon rising over Jackson creek

We left you leaving Solomon's Island heading toward Deltaville, VA. We decided to stop after at about a 40 mile day (thats about an 8 hour day) at Dymer Creek. It was a perfect stop..sun came out while we cooked dinner and we had a pretty sunset.  We were up and out early and finished our 15 mile to Deltaville. 

We anchored in Jackson Creek and paid the weekly dingy landing fee to use the Deltaville Marina's facilities. They have laundry, bath house, screened grilling and crab boiling shack, a beautiful swimming pool. bikes and best of all..a car to borrow.   So that's what we were doing this past week...using all those perks, especially stocking up on the heavy stuff from the grocery store and visiting the local seafood store. We scored homemade crab cakes, apparently the secret is saltines and cornflakes for the bread crumbs. They were very good. We also took a walk to the Maritime Museum and park. They really have a wonderful outdoor area and nature walks with bronze sculptures everywhere. They also had a replica of John Smith's exploration boat that his crew spent exploring the Chesapeake Bay. 

Time to Clean the bottom of the dingy

Pool overlooks Jackson creek and part of the bay

One of the reasons we need a car for heavy stuff

The nature trail runs along a creek, has beautiful tall shady trees and benches to sit and ponder

I think there is about 15 sculptures or more

this guy is real

John Smith's Explorer- 14 man, spiritsail rig that allows her to tack into the wind and minimize rowing.  They spent 180 days in this boat.

Sandbar at low tide at mouth of Jackson Creek

Today we are headed for Norfolk, Virginia (pronounced Norfick apparently) and hoping to catch up with a friend there. We will keep you posted. Until then....Love, Love, Love  

The Maritime Museum gives us another reminder