Today we leave Portsmouth, Virginia and head north into the Chesapeake Bay where we have our longest cruising day yet up to Smith Island, Maryland. Jenn becomes seasick as the winds hit us on a beam before moving south, giving us an extra lift up the Chesapeake Bay. We cross over into our 6th state on the Great Loop and enjoy the second half of the day’s weather before docking at the Smith Island Bakery dock. Thanks for watching! Cheers from the Loop, Jennifer and Elliot #greatloop #boating #chesapeakebay 🎥 Episode 174 | Filmed on May 25, 2021 🇺🇸 America's Great Loop | Portsmouth, Virginia _______________________ BLOG https://schoandjo.com/blog ☝️ Read more and check out behind the scenes at the blog _______________________ AMERICA'S GREAT LOOP CRUISERS ASSOCIATION Join AGLCA for information on planning and completing your Great Loop adventure. Visit https://www.greatloop.org/ _______________________ SUNDAY SUMMARY We send out a weekly email with our travel updates 📧 - https://schoandjo.com/sundaysummary/ _______________________ SUPPORT Free and Paid ways to help support our channel 🙏 - https://schoandjo.com/say-thanks/ _______________________ GEAR From camera gear to travel, boating, and hiking must-haves, it's all here 📷 - https://schoandjo.com/gear/ _______________________ CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro 00:11 Start the Engine 00:50 Captain’s Remarks 01:25 Norfolk, Virginia by Boat 02:04 Cruising Plan 03:23 Reminiscing time at Norfolk Southern 04:49 Entering the Chesapeake Bay 05:50 Jenn’s seasick 08:01 Weather is Looking Better 10:31 What we expected the Chesapeake to be like 10:55 Land ahoy! 12:49 Docking 15:02 Arriving to the Bakery 15:45 Walking around Ewell, Smith Island 16:58 Day’s Review 17:58 Bloops _______________________ MUSIC We get all of our music from Epidemic Sound (30 day free trial here) 🎧 - https://bit.ly/sj-epidemic ________________ FRIENDS + Blog: https://www.schoandjo.com/ + Facebook: https://fb.me/schoandjo + Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/schoandjo/ + Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/schoandjo/ + Twitter: https://twitter.com/schoandjo + TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@schoandjo ________________ ABOUT US Hi! We are high school sweethearts from Atlanta, Georgia who decided to take a year off to travel around the world. Together we decided to create vlogs for our journey as a fun way to remember it. On September 15, 2019, we left Atlanta with 3 bags, 2 one-way tickets, and 1 goal of traveling for a whole year. Little did we know, 6 months later we would find ourselves in a nationwide lockdown in India. After spending 5 months in India, we came back to the United States and decided to purchase a 34’ Trawler, dive head first into boat life, and kick off America’s Great Loop. The good, the bad, the ugly – and most importantly, the real and real funny. We’re not here to tell you “how it’s done.” Just how we’ve done it. And that whatever it is that’s calling you - the way you’ll do it is much more attainable than it may seem. Thank you for following us along our journey! ________________ Note — Some of these links are affiliates. We recommend stuff we love and if you like it also they might give us a small kick back. Thank you!