BEAUFORT to BELHAVEN / Friday, April 8 to Saturday, April 9 (Days 78-79)

Admiral's Log:     8:55, Fri. 4/8/16
                         Temp:   57
                         Winds:   11 mph
                         Speed:   8.4

We said good bye to our Looper friends as we all left for our seperate destinations. We may not see Zephyr again, in their boat anyway. We plan to look them up when we get to northern Michigan after they get home. We will see Sweet T at the Rendezvous in Norfolk the first of May.

Three Loopers in a row

Waving good bye

This beautiful restored 1930's boat was originally built to look for German Subs.

Our next stop is Manteo on the Outer Banks, but it is too far to do in one day and the winds are suppose to get pretty strong. So we headed to Dowry Creek Marina outside of Belhaven NC. 

We passed the 200 statue mile marker; meaning we are 200 miles from Norfolk VA., which is the start of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AICW). We crossed the Pamlico Sound and saw a cool Navy vessel and a landing craft loading up jeeps and other equipment.

Helicopters on the back.

We got to Dowry Creek at 4:15, the dock master told us there was a gale warning, freeze warning and a dust warning all in one day! We thought we were seeing sea fog and it was actually dust from the recently planted fields. Our boat was covered with dirt! One good thing, there were no more bugs and pollen!

Dirt, not fog!

Brrr...

Dowry Creek is not within walking distance to any town, so we just stayed in and watched TV and fixed an Indian dish for dinner.

Saturday, was cold and windy! Not much to do here but did not want to chance the winds on the open water. Luckily we were right. Blue Haven, a Looper we had met in Georgetown showed up around 4 and told us they tried to go through the Alligator River Swing Bridge and it was closed due to high winds. They went 20 miles up the cannel and had to turn around and come to our marina.

We invited Al and Lila from Blue Haven to have chili with us. Then we watched the Lightning game.