Urbanna, VA

After a couple of days at anchor after leaving Kingsmill we traveled to Urbanna, VA. a little town on the banks of the Urbanna Creek. Our plan was to anchor just across from the town dock and use the family car to go to shore and explore. When we arrived, the anchorage was small, but we could fit. I picked out a spot, Stephanie on the front deck gave me the thumbs up, and I started to drop the anchor. After about 20 foot of chain had gone out it stopped. Stephanie went down to check the chain locker and it looked OK. After several attempts to free the chain from the tube going to the locker I could see it was going to take some work. Gypsies had anchored and were having a cold one on their fly bridge and wondering what the heck we were doing. They knew something was wrong when they saw me pulling in about 50# of chain and a 55# anchor by hand. To make matters worse, we had hooked a crab pot on the anchor while floating around in the anchorage. After releasing the crab pot I called the town dock and got a slip because there was no way I was going to try to fix the problem floating around in the anchorage. While Stephanie and I tried pulling the chain one way, then the next, Doug put their tender in and came over to help. After much banging on the tube to the chain locker and pulling, I could see it was time to get out the tools. I climbed through the access door and into the chain locker (just big enough for me and the chain) and removed the slide tube. That did the trick. After we put things back together it was time for Doug to pull me out. Size 10 in a size 9 shoe. Thanks for the help Doug. After all that we figured it was time to go to "town" and get a cold one. Dinner was one of my favorites, a burger and a beer. Today we went into town on the 25 cent trolley and found some great stores to explore and an old time soda fountain in an old time drug store and had old fashioned root beer floats. Things were simple back then and it's fun to relive those times from time to time. These little towns on the Chesapeake are fun to explore, and we have just begun.

September Song (stuck in the chain locker) out
Bob


Doug and Tammy enjoying our ride on the 25 cent trolley that takes you to several stops in Urbanna

The Shoe department

Some things have been on the shelves since this store was opened