Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Free dockage at Welcome Center Dismal Swamp

Where does the sky end and the water begin?
Only 600 more miles to go!! And we are still talking!


One of the last two locks we have to go through.





Along the Dismal Swamp Canal--looks like they have had enough rain here.




Tannic Acid--our boat now has a brown mustache. The acid is released from decaying vegetation.

Pontoon RR Bridge on our way towards the Dismal Swamp

Free dock in Elizabeth City


Coast Guard Air Station, Elizabeth City, they filmed part of the movies The Guardian and The Perfect Storm here




Pilots were practicing--we watched for over an hour as they made turns over the river


Blimp hangar



This is where they bring the blimps down to earth



Coast Guard Air Station is nearby as well

We were surprised to see a blimp flying over the river. This is the Naval Blimp Hangar just off Albemarle Sound in the Pasquotank River



Crab pots everywhere--worse than Long Island Sound in Mystic


36 30.402N
76 21.355W

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