Thursday: Day 6 - Elizabeth City back to Portsmouth

When planning the trip I expected much warmer weather and expected to need to have some kind of ventilation in hot weather and still be protected from Dismal Swamp mosquitoes.  So, I made the above folding screen hatch door which worked great.

Photos from the trip up the Pasquotank River and Dismal Swamp Canal

The Virginia border.

Farmers Bridge

The South Mills lock. This lock had about a 12 foot lift - pretty amazing.

We were still drying out stuff from the rain. We got pretty soaked.

Now we are at the Deep Creek Lock. Dad's camera has all the pictures in between.

Everyone takes in their lines as the boats rise.

The Gilmerton Bridge.

We covered 54.1 miles this day.

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Conclusion

With the completion of this trip I have now completed all of the "biggies" on my sailing "To Do" list.  I've sailed the York River, Mobjack Bay,  to the Eastern Shore, Tangier Island, Urbanna on the Rappahannock River, Up the James past Plantation Row and have done the Intercoastal Waterway and Dismal Swamp canal.  I guess the only thing I have left that I really want to do is to sail up the Potomac to Mount Vernon.  But that is a really big trip and I would want to give myself two weeks to do that and I don't see myself doing that trip anytime soon; I'm not sure if I will ever even tackle that trip.  Now, I just want to do some relaxing sailing on the James which I've always enjoyed.  Maybe weekend trips to the Warrick or Nansemond Rivers.  Another trip up the York River to Queen's Creek would be nice.

This was a really nice trip and having Dad's companionship was great.  Once again, my eyes were bigger than my stomach, and the trip was a lot of motoring to make a time table.  My plan for the next time is too plan a much slower paced relaxing trip.  I keep saying that - when will I stop planning these big trips? 

Maybe next time...