Woke up to very cloudy, dreary skies. We walked to St. Mary's Church for 8:00 Mass. Since we were planning to anchor out tonight and not near a church, we went this morning knowing God would understand if we went Saturday versus Sunday! After Mass, we had breakfast at La Madeleine, a French bakery and café on King Street - excellent!!! It's Saturday and Farmer's Market in Market Square - wow, this was a big one with beautiful fresh produce and lots of flowers!!!
Sad to leave this wonderful city of Alexandria - definitely hope to come back here someday!
We cruised 67 miles today and it was actually cool on the water! Around 1:30 the sun came out and it warmed up. Change of plans traveling a bit further, and we arrived in Colonial Beach, VA at 2:45 and anchored out in Monroe Bay. After a late lunch, we took the dinghy to shore and walked around this beach town.....the 2nd largest beach in VA after Virginia Beach.
There were lots of people out and about. We hopped on the trolley which took us on a 1-hour narrated tour of the town (pop. 3,500). We drove past Alexander Graham Bell's summer home, and could see in the distance George Washington's birthplace and the homestead of Robert E. Lee.
Stopped at The Lighthouse (Thai and French place on the water) and got an order of Fresh Garden Rolls and Spring Rolls- enjoyed these appetizers along with our shrimp and crab!!!
Since we are not in the boonies tonight......there is a church in Colonial Beach, so plan to be there at 9 AM tomorrow
Nighty night!
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