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Historic Christ Church,
Weems, VA |
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| Interior of Christ Church |
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Christ Church 3-Tiered
Pulpit |
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Linda & the Brick at the
Historic Christ Church |
Up for an early start today…with lines released at 06:24am for our 20 minute ride out Onancock Creek to the Chesapeake Bay, anticipating a two hour ride across to the western shore. The creek was smooth and very little breeze could be felt. However, we knew from the marine weather forecast from the internet and VHF marine radio that the wind would be 5-10 knots from the north and waves would be 2-4 feet on the bay — no sweat. We naturally couldn’t see the western shore, but a nearly full moon was plainly visible and was in the perfect spot to lead us in the direction we wanted to go. Even though we had our route on the chart plotter navigation, the moon made a wonderful navigational marker in the sky. Again we throttled up to keep our bow high. Yet, the voyage was smoother than expected and in just over two hours we had traversed Fleets Bay and were in Indian Creek idling up to the
Chesapeake Boat Basin. Linda called and spoke to George who was gracious enough to accept us with only 20 minutes notice. We docked and registered and took some time to relax. At 11:00am we checked out the courtesy van. We headed
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Brian & the Brick at
Grace Church, Kilmarnock |
for the recommended burger place, but were pulled to the
Smoking Joe’s BBQ that had a plethora of gluten free options for lunch. It has been a long time since Linda has been able to eat BBQ. Afterwards, we visited
Grace Episcopal Church in Kilmarnock and the Historic Christ Church in Weems for some pictures. The museum at the
Historic Christ Church was open, and we took a brief tour of the museum and the 1735 church that is in pristine colonial condition. The church is under the care of the Foundation for Historic Christ Church that is made up of members from Grace Episcopal Church, Kilmarnock. Unfortunately, we had to cut our visit short because our two hours with the car was up and we needed to get back. The value of having a courtesy car is precious to us, and other boaters. Tomorrow we will head to Urbanna and Irvington sometime in the morning. No rush.
