As an aging "Landlubber" who will not be able to actually travel the Great Loop, I would would like thank you for these Great Loop Nautical Nuggets. I so enjoy hearing about the maritime stops on the loop that I am encouraging friends to do the loop by land or academy to reap the rewards of nature, history and culture on the Great Loop. Will that make me an official Landlubber Great Looper? ☺
I am glad you are enjoying it! We welcome you into the Official Landlubber Great Looper Club! There are many of us in the club, from dreamers, to planners, to researchers, and cruisers. It's a welcoming community. And if boating isn't your thing, I've seen a few people look at camping the loop, or join a captained boat to do small sections for just a little bit of experience on it. Regardless, I'm happy to be able to provide a virtual tour of the Great Loop as I produce these videos. You may also want to check out www.youtube.com/@SchoandJo for a great vlog series along America's Great Loop to get even more immersion in it.
Right across the street from Norfork Coffee and Tea Company is a place called Doumars. It is a diner/drive in style restaurant that serves things like burgers, BBQ, and ice cream. The guy who started the restaurant happens to be the guy who invented the ice cream cone, and they have the worlds oldest ice cream cone making operation. You can still get ice cream in a cone made on the original waffle iron. Its not a short walk, but i wouldn't say the distance is unwalkable. Its about 1.8 miles from Waterside, and takes anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour depending on your speed. As far as restraunts in general go, i recommend Granby Street. If they dont have something you crave, just walk another block. Eventually you will find something. They dont call it restraunt row for nothing.
@anygivensunday4198 I like their BBQ, but everyone is entitled to their own opinion. You can't argue with the fact that it's historically significant, and almost everything else on that block is chain restraunts with higher prices. I dont go very often, so perhaps I haven't experienced them on a bad day.
We locals don't pronounce the "L" in Norfolk, so it comes out more like "NOR-fok", or, if you are really from the south: "NAW-fuk" :) Looking forward to following y'all on your adventures! Heading to the Rendezvous tomorrow to start planning my loop adventure!
Thanks for that! You can tell I'm not local, and I appreciate learning the "right" way to say it. Glad to hear you'll be at the Rendezvous; I'll be there too! I'd love to meet you while we're there. :)
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As an aging "Landlubber" who will not be able to actually travel the Great Loop, I would would like thank you for these Great Loop Nautical Nuggets. I so enjoy hearing about the maritime stops on the loop that I am encouraging friends to do the loop by land or academy to reap the rewards of nature, history and culture on the Great Loop. Will that make me an official Landlubber Great Looper? ☺
I am glad you are enjoying it! We welcome you into the Official Landlubber Great Looper Club! There are many of us in the club, from dreamers, to planners, to researchers, and cruisers. It's a welcoming community. And if boating isn't your thing, I've seen a few people look at camping the loop, or join a captained boat to do small sections for just a little bit of experience on it. Regardless, I'm happy to be able to provide a virtual tour of the Great Loop as I produce these videos.
You may also want to check out www.youtube.com/@SchoandJo for a great vlog series along America's Great Loop to get even more immersion in it.
Right across the street from Norfork Coffee and Tea Company is a place called Doumars. It is a diner/drive in style restaurant that serves things like burgers, BBQ, and ice cream. The guy who started the restaurant happens to be the guy who invented the ice cream cone, and they have the worlds oldest ice cream cone making operation. You can still get ice cream in a cone made on the original waffle iron. Its not a short walk, but i wouldn't say the distance is unwalkable. Its about 1.8 miles from Waterside, and takes anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour depending on your speed. As far as restraunts in general go, i recommend Granby Street. If they dont have something you crave, just walk another block. Eventually you will find something. They dont call it restraunt row for nothing.
Thanks for all the tips! This is great info!
Doumar's is horrible
@anygivensunday4198 I like their BBQ, but everyone is entitled to their own opinion. You can't argue with the fact that it's historically significant, and almost everything else on that block is chain restraunts with higher prices. I dont go very often, so perhaps I haven't experienced them on a bad day.
BBQ out of a can. I mean the dog culture & ice cream cone tortilla waffles is fascinating. Def not the food tho.
We locals don't pronounce the "L" in Norfolk, so it comes out more like "NOR-fok", or, if you are really from the south: "NAW-fuk" :) Looking forward to following y'all on your adventures! Heading to the Rendezvous tomorrow to start planning my loop adventure!
Thanks for that! You can tell I'm not local, and I appreciate learning the "right" way to say it.
Glad to hear you'll be at the Rendezvous; I'll be there too! I'd love to meet you while we're there. :)
@@LoopLifeAcademy I'll look for you!
No additions or corrections. I'm just here to feed the algorithm monsters.
Thanks for feeding the monsters. :)