We traversed through our second lock of our Great Loop at the Deep Creek north location. The positive locking experience inspired Jenn to reflect on how far we’ve come as boaters in the past 7 weeks. We have a short cruise up the Elizabeth River to Portsmouth, VA where we dock at the free city dock. After some boat dock prep, we walk around and explore Portsmouth. It’s a HOT day, so we return to the boat to do some trip planning. That’s where we quickly realize, the Great Loop is all about PERSISTENCE! We finish our night watching Captain Ron, which came HIGHLY recommended to us by many boaters. Thanks for watching! Jennifer and Elliot #greatloop #boatlife #dismalswampcanal 🎥 Episode 172 | Filmed on May 23, 2021 🇺🇸 America's Great Loop | Deep Creek, 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 00:22 Captain Briefing 00:52 Start the Engines 01:14 Raise the Bridge 01:34 Second Lock Ever 01:55 Prepping for the Lock 02:27 A relaxed locking experience 03:29 Leaving the Lock 03:40 Jenn’s lock experience 04:00 Learning and Growing 05:03 Entering the Elizabeth River 06:08 Crossing Bridges 06:52 Big boats and I cannot lie 07:20 Approaching our Final Destination 07:47 Docking at Portsmouth City Docks 09:21 Portsmouth Free Dock 09:48 The Great Loop is about Persistence 11:21 Exploring Portsmouth 12:43 It’s HOT! 14:17 We have NO time! 15:18 Captain Ron 16:15 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!