5/4/11- 5/19/11 The Dismal Swamp is a very narrow waterway with tall cypress trees on both sides that leech tannin into the water making it the color of mahogany. It is also pretty shallow so one is well advised to pay attention to the depth sounder. After that we entered the Elizabeth River and the huge Navy seaport of Norfolk / Portsmouth, Virginia. Suddenly we felt dwarfed by the commercial ship traffic and the even larger naval vessels and dry docks that line the shore. The America's Great Loop Cruisers Association "Rendezvous" was to be held in Norfolk but wasn't for ten more days so after one night at Fort Monroe we settled in to Scott's Creek Marina in Portsmouth to rest, catch up on engine maintenance, see the sights and socialize with our Louisiana friends Larry and Jane on the Bavarian Cream. A good time was had by all and on the 14th we moved the boat over to Waterside Marina at the Sheraton Hotel. We had three straight days of class lectures on what to expect on the waters ahead and in the afternoons we opened the boat up for interested people to board and discuss the finer points of looping. Back to Scott's Creek for final provisioning and we were off again and into famous Chesapeake Bay.
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