Hunkering Down

After three easy days motoring down the bay, we arrived last night in Norfolk. We were hoping to go ahead and enter the ICW, but everyone is hunkering down for the big blow. Hurricane Noel is skirting the coast, and the outer bands are butting up against a high pressure area creating a good nor'easter right in this area. We anchored in the Lafayette river across from the yacht club and got out our 2nd anchor (a Fortress). We've been checking position with the GPS and visually. We haven't budged, but the gusts are supposed to get up to 50 kts or so overnight. We'll probably end up here tomorrow night as well, as the wind is supposed to be tomorrow morning as well. Although we're not worried about sea conditions at this time, our concern becomes safely passing other boats, going through bridges, and debris blowing onto us or in the water. So we'll wait until things calm down. If the anchors stay put, it's actually rather cozy.