We spent today traveling the Dismal Swamp. The Dismal Swamp does not look dismal at all (at least, not in the bright sunlight). It is actually a 5-hour cruise through a peaceful, though algae-filled, narrow waterway. (The second photo below was taken by Murph when he traveled south last Oct.)
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| Dismal swamp in June |
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| Dismal swamp in October |
So what makes the Dismal Swamp so dismal?? Think two things…swarms of sweat bees and periodic loud thumps on the bottom of the boat! ‘Nuff said :-). We truly are enjoying this wonderful adventure, with all of its unexpected little pleasures and challenges along the way, but after 5 hours of the above, Murph proclaimed, “We are NOT traveling the Dismal Swamp again.” (Fortunately, there is an alternate route.)
The Dismal Swamp is essentially bracketed by two locks…the South Mills Lock to the south, and the Deep Creek Lock to the north. We traveled through the South Mills Lock early in the day but did not make the Deep Creek Lock by their last opening at 3:30pm. So we rafted up with two other boats that were also waiting for the next lock opening and waited it out overnight at the Deep Creek Bridge (photo below…we are the boat farthest from the bridge, with the brown mainsail cover).
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| Rafted up overnight at Deep Creek Lock |
The next morning (June 20) we went through the lock (photo below) and headed for Norfolk, VA.
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| Entering the Deep Creek Lock |
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