Virginia
We spent 3 hot, steamy nights amidst the beautiful crape myrtle trees in the park area at Great Bridge's town dock.  We took the opportunity to provision, do laundry, get propane and undertake repairs (alternator etc).
The locals had great luck crabbing on the dock alongside us, while we watched in awe as the huge barges made their way through the bridge and into the adjacent lock.

We navigated the strong current into the north bound lock on July 3lst and made our way in the cool rain to Norfolk - mile one of the ICW. We'd travelled 790 miles in 17 days.
As always we found the scene in Norfolk to be an intimidating one.  The shore is lined with all manner of warships.  We didn't wave hello to the fellow on the roof-top who had his machine gun pointed in our direction.  Norfolk never seems very welcoming.
It was with great relief that we set off into the open water of Chesapeake Bay.