[Rhodes22-list] Chesapeake Sailing

[thescubatank at cox.net]

Thanks Dave,  I will check it out as soon as Ad Astra is in the water in another month.  Should make a good weekend trip.  Have you decided on a retirement place yet?

Steve & Annette
A/V Ad Astra
Chesapeake, VA
> 
> From: DCLewis1 at aol.com
> Date: 2006/03/21 Tue AM 11:52:18 EST
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Chesapeake Sailing
> 
> 
> Well, the list is kind of quiet, so I thought I?d offer a small  tidbit.  My 
> wife and I were off looking for retirement locales -  again.  This time we 
> looped over to Kilmarnock and Urbanna Va before  heading to Edenton, Washington 
> NC and New Bern.  A friend had told us about  Kilmarnock.  Kilmarnock and 
> Urbanna are down near Norfolk, about 1/2 hour  to 45 min driving time north of 
> Williamsburg Va.
>  
> We didn?t think there was much to Kilmarnock.  Maybe we missed the  good 
> parts, but my sense is was that entire part of Virginia is very rural, and  
> Kilmarnock is the ?large town? that supports that part of the world.   Dealerships 
> selling farm machinery, that sort of thing.  There were a few  housing 
> developments, but no substantial infrastructure, and we didn?t see a  marina although 
> many people had boats parked in their front yards.
>  
> Urbanna was different.  It appears to be a much smaller town but it?s  right 
> on the water near the mouth of the Rappahannock river.  There were at  least 2 
> substantial dock areas and a boat yard.  Lots of sailboats.   It impressed us 
> as a quaint little town - not in the sense of New Bern which is  much larger 
> and ?colonial?, but more like something from the 1950s.  I  doubt that there 
> is anything to do at night in Urbanna, other than count the  stars, but it's a 
> quaint little town and there may be as many boats in it's  marinas as there 
> are homes in the town.
>  
> If you?re cruising the southern part of the Chesapeake, this might be  of 
> interest.  
>  
> Dave
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