Day 165 - Gloucester, VA

Today is Wednesday, September 7th and we are currently at the York River Yacht Haven on the York River having arrived Monday afternoon about 2:30 just ahead of a huge storm!  We had just tied up and carried everything below when it hit.  I would have hated to have been out in the open water in the middle of that storm.
I think storms are predicted every afternoon this week.  In fact there was another severe storm last night and Mike said we needed to get off the boat quickly because there was a tornado warning.  Well, we darted off and ran through the rain to the marina office/restaurant where we waited it out.

We were able to borrow the loaner car and do some grocery shopping but it was at least 5 miles away and a little expensive also.

We have been looking at this marina as a possible site to winter over in the boat and use as a base of operations.  It's a nice place but there isn't much around here.  We're leaving in the morning to check out a couple more marinas a little farther north near Deltaville.  Hopefully, we'll get out of here before another storm hits.

We need to be settled within the next several weeks as we're planning a trip to Ireland around October 3rd.  Most everybody knows I used to work for Continental Airlines (which is now United) and therefore fly standby.  So when I say October 3rd, that could change by a day or two or even as much as a week.  I never know until the time comes.  Ireland is a popular place for tourists but I understand the weather starts to change around the middle of October and the days get shorter.  Stay tuned.