September 19 - 20, 2008 - Docked at Reedville Marina in Cockrell Creek, VA

Due to high northeast winds we decided to stay for two more nights at the marina. We washed the boat, did other chores and walked around the town. Reedville was named for Elijah Reed who established the first menhaden processing plant in 1873. The town, with many fine mansions built at the turn of the century by those made rich by the menhaden fishery, is in the National Register of Historic Places. Ruins of the many menhaden-processing plants still line the banks of Cockrell Creek. One plant is still operating. You can smell a strong fishy odor down wind from the plant.