Left Hampton Town Pier at 9:30 heading south on a brisk sunny win-in-our-face kind of day

We headed down the Elizabeth River past our US Navy boats and lots of traffic.  So much going on.  We are about one week ahead of last year, and there are many more boats.  We were the 9th boat to go in a group through the lock at Great Great Bridge Lock (yes, 2 greats).  We are headed down the ICW, Inter Coastal Waterway, to avoid going outside Cape Hatteras which is usually pretty rough.
Here are some pictures to show some of the activity on our way today.

There are 3 tugs and 2 loads, one is a double cargo tanker.

At the end of the day in the back nice and quiet.  Supposed to be nice the rest of the week so we shouldn't be hampered by a weather stop.