We are still in North Carolina. We are traveling about 50 miles per day so it takes awhile to get anywhere. Monday night we were in Elizabeth City. This is the friendliest place you could imaging. To get into the city you must request the city bridge be opened. When it opens an alarm sounds, very similar to a volunteer fire department alarm. It makes you feel special! We were greeted at the city docks by a welcome group that helped us tie up and then invited us to attend the local "boating happy hour". It was hard to leave this place the next morning. But we did.
We traveled down the Pasquotank River into the Albemarle Sound. From there we entered the Alligator River (did not see any gators). We found a beautiful cove to anchor for the night. The next morning we headed thru another waterway into the Pungo River and then into the Pamlico Sound. This is low country and there are lots of shrimp boats around. Makes you think of Forest Gump. We motored thru the Goose River and found a great place to anchor in a maze of small rivers and lots of mosquitos. We did not realize the situation until we had about 1000 mosquitos in the boat. We spent the evening slapping them around. The good news was our TV reception was outstanding and we watched "Lost".
Thursday morning we headed down the Neuse River and into Oriental. The weather is getting chilly and we decided to treat ourselves at a marina. We borrowed two bikes and headed for town. It is a very small town with very friendly people and good shrimp. We asked the marina if we could borrow a bike lock and they said "why"????
The waterways are beautiful and enormous. We are in awe of the beauty every day. Over and out.
We traveled down the Pasquotank River into the Albemarle Sound. From there we entered the Alligator River (did not see any gators). We found a beautiful cove to anchor for the night. The next morning we headed thru another waterway into the Pungo River and then into the Pamlico Sound. This is low country and there are lots of shrimp boats around. Makes you think of Forest Gump. We motored thru the Goose River and found a great place to anchor in a maze of small rivers and lots of mosquitos. We did not realize the situation until we had about 1000 mosquitos in the boat. We spent the evening slapping them around. The good news was our TV reception was outstanding and we watched "Lost".
Thursday morning we headed down the Neuse River and into Oriental. The weather is getting chilly and we decided to treat ourselves at a marina. We borrowed two bikes and headed for town. It is a very small town with very friendly people and good shrimp. We asked the marina if we could borrow a bike lock and they said "why"????
The waterways are beautiful and enormous. We are in awe of the beauty every day. Over and out.
1 comment:
Hello,
Sorry about the cold. We would trade some of it for our heat if we could. It was only about 95 degrees here yesterday and it beat a 108 year old heat record. Hopefully we will have drug our fans out for the last time. Anyway, talk to you soon and this is really fun, getting a chance to enjoy your trip through your blog. Save the entries for your book that you absolutely should write.
Love
Lisa
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