Today is July 11......HAPPY BIRTHDAY SCOTT........my favorite son in law!
We arrived in Portsmouth yesterday around 1 pm after spending 2 days in glorious Coinjock.  WHEREINTHEHELLISCONINJOCK??? 
Coinjock is an unincorporated community in Currituck County, North Carolina. It is located on U.S. Route 158 between Barco and Grandy, about 20 miles (32 km) south of the Virginia state line, and is at mile marker 50 on the Intracoastal Waterway. The island to the east of Coinjock in the Currituck Sound has a village called Waterlily, which uses the postal address of Coinjock as well. This island is also known as Church's Island by locals because of a decayed church that was once a landmark of the tiny community. Coinjock is bordered by Currituck Sound to the east; the North River lies to the west. Its Zip code is 27923.
Residents suggest the name Coinjock is of Native American origin referring to mulberries, which might have been prevalent in the area many years ago. There are no mulberry trees there now.^[1][2] The name has also been spelled Coenjock,^[3] Cowenjock,^[4] or Cornjack^[5] and sometimes as two words with the second beginning with a capital J. Bishop Thomas Coke visited Coenjock, as he called it, and preached to a small congregation in its chapel on March 19, 1785.^{[6]
and one more thing ............this marina is noted for their "world" famous prime rib, so most of the men want to stop here, in actuality, it's not all the good!
and this my dear friends is all you will ever need to know about Coinjock!}

so we went through the bridge and lock at Great Bridge, right outside Atlantic Yacht Basin, then up to Gilmartin bridge and gave way to this big boat being pushed through.  A site you don't get to see every day!

Joe can't wait to get this spaetzel and weinerschnitzel!!!  German Bier Garden.....nice place!

Ended  our wonderful evening in Portsmouth with a walk to the Fresnel Lens.