Fixed Bridge [Hor. CL 300, Vert CL 75'] on north end of Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. Approximately 17 miles north of Va. Beach, VA entrance.

Channel marker "11", south of Fisherman's Island National Wildlife Refuge approaching the Fixed Bridge from ESE, East of the Ches. Bay Bridge Tunnel.

Cape Charles Light [180ft high]looking across Fisherman's Island.

Submarine returning from sea approaching the Thimble Shoal Channel via the North and South Islands [south channel between 1st & 2nd Island].

Sub returning home...

The 'tall-ships ' gathered off the Va. Beach coast before the 2000 Parade of Sail (OP_SAIL 2000).
This Pix was taken abt 0510L as we headed out from Lynnhaven Inlet, VA. Beach for USCGAUX Safety Patrol.
The sight gives a glimps of what the harbors were like in the 1700-1800s.

This submarine was the 'Tail-End Charlie' to the OP_SAIL 2000 Parade. We helped with the security boundry.

USCG Cutter EADEL heading north, enroute to Baltimore, MD to join other 'tall ships' from OPSAIL 2012, Norfolk, VA..

USCG Cutter EAGEL viewed at abt 1215, 06-11-2012 west of the 3rd & 4th Island to the CBBT heading north to Baltimore, MD after it departed from Norfolk's OPSAIL 2012 in Norfolk,VA.
The CBBT bridge span leading to the second tunnel can be seen in the haze aft of the EAGEL, on the horizon.