7/1/25 - chillin in Deltaville VA

After a month of traveling and being on the move it was somewhat refreshing to have reached what will be our final destination for this years journey so we took today as a very relaxed one.  Much of our usual routine remained in the morning, just a little slower and with a slightly different attitude.   Erik was up even earlier than his norm and sat on the aft enjoying a couple hours of pre dawn calm while Renee and Riva slept in a bit.   Scrambled eggs, sausage patties, and toast were cooked to both feed our tummies as well as start emptying out the fridge and freezer.   Erik logged onto a work meeting from 9-10:30am after which we headed out on our bikes to the Deltaville Maritime Museum which was just about a mile up the road.  The museum was smaller than some we have visited but still nicely done and informative about the area.   Deltaville has a long history of boat building as do many of the small towns along the waterfronts.   One very cool thing that this museum does is to hold an annual family boat building week where 8 families get the opportunity to build a handmade 14’ wooden skiff together over a 5 day period.  What a neat way to give kids an educational and fun experience while spending quality time with their parents!   We visited the boat shop located toward the rear of the property and chatted with several volunteers who were there working on a larger boat that they’ve been working on throughout the year.   One of the gentlemen was the guy in the YouTube video below on the family boat building week.   

https://www.deltavillemuseum.com/family-boat-building-week

F.D Crockett 
100 year old skiff on display at the waterfront portion of the Deltaville Maritime Museum

Another old skiff on display outside at one of their growing shelters
They are in process of expansion 

Back at the marina we enjoyed a relaxing afternoon aboard.  We even watched a movie on TV, which is something we do almost none of while on our trips because there is always too many other things to see and do.  We talked about what we might do on the couple of days that Chelsea will be here later in the week; she will be arriving Thursday afternoon to spend a couple days aboard and then transport us home.  There are multiple options for July 4th activities, the most intriguing would be to make our way to Yorktown VA where they really go all out on their celebrations.   However, it would be an ~90 mile round trip to go down there and back…not a cheap outing for us.  Additionally, we are certain that the area will be crazy busy and marinas would likely all be booked solid.   Renee touched base with her Uncle Chris and Aunt Pat who live in that area to inquire with them whether they know of a good option for us to just drive (since Chelsea will be bringing our car) but they said they haven’t been to that event in many years because last time they went it was so busy and crowded.  Hmmmm…..we will have to continue to consider our options.   Deltaville has their July 4th celebrations on Saturday the 5th held primarily at their semi pro baseball stadium which interestingly is the oldest all wood baseball stadium in Virginia and has been hosting games since 1948 (  https://deltavilleballpark.com/ ).  Saturdays semi pro, wood bat game will be the Deltaville Deltas (pretty original name 😂) taking on the Chesapeake Sharks and will conclude with a fireworks display.  We had planned to be heading home Saturday morning, but, could consider staying for the local activities and then head home Sunday.  

Late in the afternoon/early evening we spent a couple of hours in the nicely shaded pool chatting with others and relaxing.  We enjoyed a late 8pm dinner of burgers 🍔 and broccoli 🥦 (more trying to use up the food we have) and then watched a second movie aboard while listening to the thunder as storms rolled in before heading off to bed.   

Smoke on the water 
(bahm bahm bahm, bahm bahm bahm bahm) every boys first guitar solo reenacted…if ya know, ya know 😝