Well going through Norfolk we had bridges and more bridges. All shapes and sizes were represented. Only one talking bridge really slowed us down.
Then we got to the shipyards. The military ones were patrolled by MPs in fast boats, shooing us tourists away, first on the radio, then in person if that wasn't enough. Lots of warships in work or having work done.
We passed a downtown waterfront are that looked fun if we come back by land.
Finally on our way out we encountered one of the big boats moving. We got out of the channel and watched it go by. All in all a pretty easy day for passing through Norfolk.
Once we passed most of Norfolk and were in the river we passed a tunnel station. This is the only area to cross the Chesapeake south of Annapolis, but it goes under instead of over. There's not much to see in the picture below, but this is a tunnel station on the Norfolk side. It was weird to watch this nonstop train of cars disappear under the water as we crossed over the tunnel.
We were finally in the Chesapeake!
We didn't want to go much farther that day. Hampton looked a little crowded, so we headed up to Back Creek behind Langley.
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