Saturday Evening (April 28, 2012) at Mile Marker 230 ~~ on ICW (Intracoastal Waterway) headed South ~~
Spent last night in Morehead Yacht Basin in Morehead City, NC. Unfortunately, our crew (Joy and Walt) had to leave us to head back to their sailboat ~ a 44' Lagoon Catamaran (S/V Joy of Tahoe). Their CAT is located near Annapolis, MD. They are preparing it for a Caribbean adventure in the Fall.
Morehead Yacht Basin was easy access off the ICW ~ away from big ships and very little current. They had excellent staff to assist us and once tied up - you could get fuel, pump out and all amenities readily available on the pier. I did feel the pump out was pricey at $12 - but a big plus was the fact that they had a courtesy van available for transients for $10 for 2 hours to go into Beaufort or Morehead Waterfront or just shopping for supplies.
Before Morehead, we were in Oriental, NC for two nights - and oh so much to blog about ~ but, since we have a long day ahead of us tomorrow ~ this exciting adventure will have to wait for our next blog - Hope you are looking forward to reading about that exciting little Village - where the Trawler next to us was a seagoing Scallop Trawler - the amazing Little Deborah.
But to finish our blog today ~ we just wanted to share why we went only about 50 miles today ~~ this part of the ICW crosses Camp Le Jeune's weapons range and ~ believe it or not ~ the ICW was closed in both directions from 1300 to 1700 due to "live firing" ~ sounded like a severe thunderstorm and brought back memories of 1965 when I was in Vietnam! But Here ~ It is the Sound of Freedom ~ Semper Fi !!!
Still working on getting our photos uploaded on our blog!
Until our next blog ~~
Ed and Jan
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