Saturday, December 24, 2011

Friday: on the road again!

This morning we are anticipating the arrival of the mechanics with the new battery switch and then the sea trial. Everyone is ready to get on the move again.

This chart shows the route we will be traveling the next two days. We are at mile 85 and heading to Morehead City with an overnight in between.

Sea trial, we passed ! No other issues, we are underway. Plan is to get to Belhaven, NC today about a 70 mile run.  We run at about 8 knots an hour. Today should be a 10 hour day


leaving Alligator River Marina


Alligator River swing bridge

Birds hoping for a snack as we travel along the river

Heading into the Alligator River / Pungo River canal
















































It is going to be a long day on the water. In the ICW you must watch where you are all the time as there is not much room to move as the safe 10 ft deep channel is narrow even when it looks wide. Stumps and snags abound along the edges. 

Today all the kids spent the day in the pilot house. Raylynn piloted the boat for several hours. Nothing but flat on both sides and the water looked the color of tea.

Port side AR/PR canal

Starboard side AR/PR canal


















 As the sun was setting and evening drew near we arrived at our destination for the evening: River Forest Marina, Belhaven, NC.  We were unaware of the adventure we were going to have later this evening.

After a dinner of steak, salad, and beef w/noodles leftovers it was time to venture into town (such as it was) for more provisions. We went in style aboard two golf carts. Yup, golf carts down the main roads of town with all the other cars. A new and sometimes concerning adventure sharing the road with real cars. I now know what it might be like in a MINI.

Coming into Belhaven for the night









Tomorrow we push off at first light for another 70 mile run.

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