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More Navy Time

A travel blog entry by idahotraveler

The weather has turned cold....I guess it is November. So, we decided to go for a drive and see some of the area inside a warm vehicle! We headed to Norfolk to see the Navy Port and for the last time see the USS Enterprise. The USS Enterprise came into port on Sunday. They are going to decommission this ship, send it off and break it down into scrap metal. Sort of a shame but what do you do with an old and probably ...

Sea Mist at Dam Neck Naval Air Station

A travel blog entry by idahotraveler

... drive down the roads where he probably marched. The base is right off the beach, basically a few sand dunes separate the two. Up the road from here is Oceana Naval Air Station, so as you can imagine there is a lot of air traffic. Jerry is loving the F18 Hornets that fly overhead, actually I am enjoying that sound of freedom as well! We also found out that the USS Enterprise is ...

Sailing the Chesapeake

A travel blog entry by ruthandpierce

... feedback in the "comments" section of the video telling us if it is something you enjoy... Too long? Too short? Not enough Detail? TMI? Requests for things you'd like to see?

Please comment - we need to be motivated to either continue posting video, or not - help us decide.

Thanks!

Pierce and Ruth

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Learning About The Department of Energy

A travel blog entry by 14alexanderh

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The Jefferson Lab was found shortly after the Department of Energy and employs over 675 people. The Department of Energy was created on August 4, 1977, a few years after the 1973 Oil Crisis. The Department was signed in by Jimmy Carter in an initiative to help the energy crisis that came up several times throughout his career. The Department ...

Choosing the More Direct Route Homeward

A travel blog entry by pas_de_deux

... enter the Gulf Stream just south of Cape Hatteras, then pass around the Cape and parallel the North Carolina and Virginia beaches to Cape Henry. The front should pass and the winds diminish behind it as we cross the Gulf Stream, for which he provided specific entry and exit waypoints and a target timeframe for crossing with the most favorable winds. OK…now we had a better plan.

On May 5 and 6 winds were up and down and back and forth ...