June 23-25 – Chesapeake Bay, Norfolk and Suffolk, VA
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Monday morning we drove to Virginia Beach where we took the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel to the eastern shore of Virginia. Our brochure said this is the largest bridge-tunnel complex in the world. Opened in 1964 the bridge-tunnel measures 17.6 miles shore to shore and consists more than 12 miles of trestle roadway, two mile-long tunnels, two bridges, four man-made islands, almost two miles of causeway, and 5 ½ miles of approach roads, totaling 23 miles. After paying our one-way toll of $13 we headed out onto the bridge. We stopped on the first island just before the entrance to the first tunnel where there is a restaurant and gift shop. From here you can see the other end of the first tunnel and in the distanced the entrance into the second tunnel. We walked out on Sea Gull Pier, a 625 ft fishing and viewing pier which is 3.5 miles out in the middle of the bay. This is a great place to watch ships coming and going an...