Day 7

Well we have been out for a week now, time flies when you are having fun.  As I mentioned in my last post, we stayed at a very lovely and secluded anchorage last night. This morning, there was low hanging fog over the water and with the sun peeking out over the marsh, it was really something.  To top it off it was fffrrrreeeezzzziinng.  That means really cold. It was so cold the dew that condensed on the boat and windows had frozen and became frost.  I could scrape my hand over the captain’s chair on the flybridge and pick up enough frost to make a miniature snowball.  It got so cold last night inside the boat I put on sweatpants and shirt to sleep in under a blanket and a comforter.  And I still woke up chilly at times. Before I got dressed, I fired up the generator and turned on the AC/Heat units to take the chill off.  That at least made it bearable.  At least there was sunshine most of the day which warmed up the salon nicely and was quite comfortable. We operated from the lower helm again today, it was just too chilly to be up on the flybridge.

Today was a short day, so we slept in until 7:00 and  took our time drinking our coffee/tea.  We finally motored out of the anchorage about 8:30 and headed down the Alligator-Pungo canal.  A long stretch of straight cruising that goes on for about twenty miles and connects the Alligator River with the Pungo River.  People here call it “the ditch”.  We headed for the town of Belhaven N.C., specifically the River Forest Marina.  We pulled in about 1:30, got tied up, rinsed down the boat to get some of the salt off it, took on some fuel, 182 gallons to be exact, filled up the water tank , and then headed into town.  This marina is very accommodating.  They have 3 golf carts for use by the patrons of the marina to venture into town for supplies, restaurants etc. They have new laundry facilities that are complimentary for patrons as well.  The showers and bathrooms are all new and very nice.  They are also set up that you can get fuel, and pumpout right at your slip.  No having to go to a fuel dock.  Even have wifi.  It is a nice little place, and reasonable.  Nice folks who make you feel right at home.

As I was saying, we headed into town and found the local Food Lion and stocked up on just a few items.  Then we stopped nearby and had pizza.  For some reason, after being on a boat for a week pizza just sounded good.  After we got back and put our things away, I headed for a nice hot shower, and Rick went to take advantage of the complimentary laundry, after which he also took a hot shower.

I just checked weather.com, the forecast is for 29 degrees tonight, a high of 57 degrees tomorrow.  At least we will be able to use our portable heaters in the bedroom tonight. Then it is supposed to moderate some with the high Thursday, Thanksgiving, of 67 degrees.  YES!  Looking forward to that.  Tomorrow we head for Oriental N.C.

I mentioned today was a short day, 37.5 miles for a total of approximately 344 miles.  It took us 5hrs to cover that distance, and tie up here.

Until tomorrow.