Arrived here before 2 in howling wind, so the docking was - ahem - interesting. We are safely ensconced for the night and planning to make our way to Oriental tomorrow, weather permitting.
Yesterday hit high winds (but not high enough to close the Alligator River Swing Bridge) and rain on our way to an anchorage in said river; had our second experience ever with dragging after dark, and thus raising and re=anchoring in less than prime conditions. A bit less stressful than the last one (Pumpkin Key in 2005, not long after we got Raconteur) but always...interesting. Second time was the charm and she held fine through the night.
Headed down the Alligator-Pungo Canal today, also in some driving rain for the first hour or so, but then the sun came out AND we actually got to SAIL for an hour or two on our way in to Belhaven. Took an ancient golf cart into town, had true North Carolina BBQ sandwiches at a place called Farm Boys, then risked life and limb to take the cart on out to the Food Lion for some light re-provisioning - including the frozen pizza we had for dinner. Susan did some laundry, JP rescued my pictures from the camera card, and all is right with the world from here.
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