Road Trip to Virginia Beach, Va (Part 3)

Hugh Mongous stands tall at the entrance to the Ocean Breeze Water Park.

Walking through town after dinner we spotted this 1956 T-Bird sitting in front of the Hilton Hotel on Atlantic Avenue.

One of several beautiful sunrises during our time in the city.

Wall sconce in the hallway of our hotel.

Seems everything gets the dolphin treatment along the Virginia shore.

1965 Corvair passes by as I'm shooting along Oceanic Boulevard.

Nimmo United Methodist Church along Princess Anne Road was built in 1791.

Egret

Dunes at Sandbridge Beach.

Boardwalk at Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge

Laughing Gull

Ring-billed Gull

One of about a dozen "fish on sticks" between two hotels.

Ring-billed Gull trying to stay out of the surf.

Another beautiful sunrise.

Road Trip to Virginia Beach, Va (Part 2)

Navy Seals training with their jet skis near Virginia Beach, VA.

Puffer Fish at the Virginia Beach Aquarium.

Exiting the aquarium headed toward the gift shop.

Child with turtle statue on a shelf in the gift shop of the Virginia Beach Aquarium.

McDonnell Douglas F-18 Super Hornet landing at Oceana Naval Air Station.

Northrop Grumman E-2D Hawkeye.

Old man paddling his surf board in from the ocean at Rudee Inlet.

1989 Bell 206 B helicopter belonging to the Virginia Beach Police Department.

Male Common Grackle.

Female Common Grackle.

The Female Grackle accepting a hand out.

Neptune on the boardwalk at Virginia Beach, VA.

The first of two lighthouses that were built at Cape Henry.   This one was built on a sand dune in 1792

The two Cape Henry lighthouses shown together along with a modern day Coast Guard installation.

The second of the Cape Henry lighthouses which was built in 1810 is 357 feet closer to the ocean and is still operated by the United States Coast Guard.

A lighter, amphibious, resupply, cargo, 5 ton.  Better known as a LARC-5
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Built in 2011 the Lan May is a bulk carrier.  It is presently on its way to Singapore with a load of coal and should be at its destination in a month.

Our closing shot ---
T.W.Hamburg which came from Port Berry in England to the United States.