May 28, Day 337 – In Norfolk

It rained during the night and the forecast today called for more rain and wind – so we decided not to go out cruising with the kids today. Instead, we drove to Virginia Beach. The area along the ocean is highly developed with a mix of houses, hotels, condos, pizza joints and T-shirt and swimsuit shops – oh and lots of people and high prices to park. It didn’t seem all that appealing. Guess we’ve been spoiled with many nice, scarcely populated beaches during the past several months.

We ended up going to a movie in the afternoon – Iron Man 2 – okay, but nothing special. Afterwards, did a bit of browsing in the mall (Gerry still has his eye on the IPad), but no purchases. Back at the boat we just hung out. The weather was great – never did storm, however we understand it was quite bumpy out in the ocean/bay, so it wouldn’t have been a good day for a ride with our son who is prone to seasickness.

During our walk this morning, we took a few pictures of the area. We had toured the Battleship Wisconsin yesterday, but here is a shot looking straight-on.

The grounds next to the Nauticus area were very nice -- mixture of condos, restaurant, ponds, etc. Here is a pagoda that was a gift from the Taiwanese. It had originally been a large molasses tower. Obviously some heavy duty remodeling to get it looking like this.

Some very interesting trees lined the waterfront

Gerry enjoying the view

Lily pads in bloom and lots of koi