Can't believe it has been 10 days since we posted our last entry. The weather has turned ugly with rain, thunderstorms and high winds, so haven't had a chance to write.
Even though mother nature hasn't been kind we are moving anyway. As most of you know we are on a schedule to make our grand kids graduations. When we started cruising years ago we decided that having schedules is not the way to cruise, but sometime you have to break the rules.
Last night we spent in Morehead City, NC and had a lovely dinner out. We do try to treat ourselves occasionally.
The night before we had anchored down in Mile Hammock Basin which is in the heart of Camp Lejeune. As we pulled in the wind was howling with gusts over 30 knots. there were waves in this protected spot but we got our anchor down with 100' of chain and she held beautifully all night. A few boats couldn't get their anchors to hold so they left. We found out that we could not have gone further anyway because the next bridge which was only a few miles away was not opening because of the high winds. When we left the next morning we heard from the bridge tender that the marines were going to close down the waterway to have live firing exercises. We got the last opening at 0800 hours and as soon as we transited the camp location an announcement came over the radio that it was a "Warship" that was going to fire their cannons. The booms started immediately. In all the years of traveling through this area that was the first time we experienced that. BTW thee waterway was closed down until noon. The boats behind us had to wait.
Today the weather was going to be a little frisky and we had to go up the Neuss River about 3-4 hours. Well when we entered the main river the winds picked up to almost 20 knots and the waves built to over 5'. It was not going to be a pleasant ride as he waves were crashing over our bow and splashing up to our bridge. Called the marina in Oriental and they found a spot for us, so here we are safely tied up. Several boats pulled in behind us and we all said the same thing. "It wasn't suppose to be that bad". Took a little walk to town and found a fish store where we purchased a pound of large fresh shrimp for $9.00. That will be on the menu tonight.
The Summer Wind is performing great since our mishap and we hope it will stay that way. Tomorrow hopefully the wind will be calmer and we hope to get close to Albemarle sound which is almost near the end of North Carolina.
So Elle is going to add some pictures to this post and we will see you next time soon. We would love to hear some comments from you either right here on the blog or in an email.
Ospreys building their nests on the waterway!
Very well made withstands high winds!
Bellaventure!
Summer Wind Docked in Morehead City
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