hunkered down..

Up early, again, to head off into the stump filled wilds of the Albemarle NC waterways. Given Scooter's recent adventures re stumps, do you think it is reasonable to be slightly concerned here? Anyway, once more we blast of at o'dark thirty, to run 70+ miles in an effort to find a save place to park the boat and gain ground in the projected hunt for "South". Hard to tell what the projected storm track will do to this area. Might even have to shovel snow off the boat with a broom; what a hoot that would be. Maybe just some wind and rain. Coastal NC is supposed to get gale force stuff, or worse. Glad we're tied down. So, plan "B" may be to leave Scooter here 'til post Christmas, then come down and continue South. New Bern and surrounding marine environs have little if any service, or supplies available; fuel, pump out, even electrical power at the dock. Where we are at the moment, has what we need.

So, the trip from Coinjock, across the dreaded Albemarle Sound, thru the Alligator River, and then the stumpy Alligator-Pungo canal went smoothly, albeit a bit longer than planned, Actually a nice day weatherwise. Lunch was great, and the boat ran well; what more could you want . To top it off, we got to go to the marina Xmas party after our arrival. They eat well here in NC. No early stuff tomorrow; need to work out plans, do some boat maintenance; and/or watch the weather do its thing.

Later.