Sunday, March 6, 1994 - Norfolk, VA

Got up at five, intending to leave at six, but as usual we fiddled around and didn't get going until seven. It was a beautiful day, but pretty windy on the bay. Nevertheless, we made good time and got to Cobb's Marina about eleven. Unfortunately, I misread the bus schedule, so we missed the bus by ten minutes. We had planned on taking the 11:30 bus to Norfolk, eating at Yorgo's Bageldashery, and getting to Scope Arena in plenty of time for the circus at 1:30, but the buses only run once an hour on Sunday, so when we missed the 11:30, we would have had to wait until 12:30 for the next one, which would have gotten us downtown after the circus had started. We tried to walk to Chesapeake Boulevard, where we could have taken a different bus, but after walking a couple of miles, we decided it was too far, so we called a cab. Also bought some chicken nuggets at McDonald's. To my surprise, the cab arrived in ten minutes. We ate the nuggets while we were riding. Got to the arena at 1:15, so that gave us plenty of time to find our seats and get settled. The circus was a terrific spectacle of sight and sound. I could have done with less sound, but it was fun anyway.