Norfolk’s Nauticus Maritime Museum

Monday, June 27

Took the 10 o’clock ferry over to Norfork.

We took a tour of Nauticus National Maritime Center

The USS Wisconsin an Iowa-class battleship, the second ship of the US Navy to be named in honor of the state of Wisconsin is part of the Nauticus museum.

This is a personal yacht that was tied up to a marina in Norfolk.  Beautiful.  I wanted a tour but we couldn’t find anyone around it to ask for one.

We walked around and enjoyed downtown Norfolk. They have really improved this downtown area of Norfolk. Pam and Colletta had to take a break from so much walking around.

Had an excellent lunch at a little cafe called Three-way café.  Came back on the ferry and as we rode to our side of the bay we saw a Navy ship that had been backed dry dock area to be lifted and repaired.

This is what the dry dock looks like empty

Tideswater Yacht Marina is a really nice marina in Portsmouth right across the bay from Norfolk.  They put us right next to Greek’s Folly.