10/30 Good morning world! It's a beautiful sunrise and we're off again at 7:15AM. It's a chilly morning and I have heat at my feet with a little space heater, all the comforts of home. We saw part of the Yankees game at a bar last night. There was no electrical hook-up at the dock and the generator was bothering another boat. We left at the bottom of the 7th - score was 3 to1 -man on first and second with one out. Phillies changed pitchers - to long to wait so we left. Hope the Yankees won.
Now, back to boating. We've left Elizabeth City through Pasquotank River and now we're in the Albamarle Sound. We've got some chop of 1 to 2 feet but the boat is doing well. Waves are escalating, but it's a gentle roll. We can see the Alligator River Bridge in the distance. We're dodging crab pots and sighting buoys easily. We radio the bridge for it to open. It's a swing bridge welcoming us to the Allegator River. The water depth is 13 to 14 feet so we need to be aware. There's a fleet of sailboats also heading south. Dolphin sighting across our bow! It surely perks us up! Wow!
Now, we have entered the Alligator Pungo River Canal. It's narrow, long and with lots of tree debris along the sides. As we pass other boats in this canal, there's a definite process. We slow down not to cause a wake and radio the boat we are overtaking for permission. After passing them, they acknowledge us and thank us for passing slowly and we resume speed.
We're out of the Canal and entering the Pungo River. Buoys are reversed, red on the port, green to starboard. The river is quite wide, but still has low depths 10 to 14 feet. I just catered a lovely lunch and as I made my way to up to the bridge, it tipped and spread lunch all over the cockpit. Now, lunch is whatever is left in the frig.
1:00 We're in another narrow area, where we are, who knows! But, it is lovely! The sun is shining, water is calm and all's right with the world. It has now opened up to the Pamlico Sound leading us to Neuse River. Last, we're heading into Broad Creek at the River Dunes Marina for the night. We have a complimentary car to food shop and have dinner in Oriental at the Silos. The marina is lovely, Meredith is so helpful and their steam showers are the best! Today, we traveled 130 miles. Tomorrow, will be another traveling day!