Wrightsville Beach, NC

We had a nice sunny day. The temperature hit 74 degrees, but it felt hotter.
We went past Camp Lejeune. We heard them firing the big guns. It was so loud it made me jump & made my ears hurt. The concussion from the explosives shook the whole boat.
Once again we saw several dolphin & they continue to swim right under the boat.
We lost time today because we had to wait for two low swing bridges to open. We had to wait a 1/2 hour for the Onslow Swing Bridge to open & had to wait 1 hour for the Surf City Swing Bridge to open.
We ended up at Marine Max in Wrightsville Beach, NC.
Hopefully tomorrow we make it to South Carolina.

Oriental to Swansboro,NC

Today we had beautiful sunshine and it was warm. We both got a good sunburn today. Will have to put up the bimini. Today we saw our first pelican and palm tree. We saw numerous dolphin. Al got a chance to wash the boat.
On the VHF we heard a Navy warship issue a "securite" announcement and stated that they would be shooting artillery 6 miles off the coast. Later in the day we thought we were hearing thunder, but the loud booms in the distance were from the warship. It was louder than any fireworks show.
We pulled into Casper Marina in Swansboro, NC. Tomorrow we will go to Wrightsville Beach and see my old work buddy, Robin, from Good Sam Hospital.

Pamlico Sound

No pictures today. Nothing to see. We spent the day in Pamlico Sound. It's just a big open body of water, plus we were in fog all day. Ended up in a nice marina in Oriental, NC

North Carolina

Woke up again to fog. The biggest nightmare for a boater! But it was weird today because there was fog and blinding sun at the same time. At least there was no wind, and the water was dead calm. The fog left late in the morning, and the temperature hit 70 degrees. We were on the bridge in t-shirts.
We cruised through the Albermarle Sound, went around Roanoke Island, and went through the Roanoke Sound. We saw a large pod of dolphins. They came over to the boat, were swimming right off the bow and playing in our wake.
We finally needed fuel, so we stopped at Pirate's Cove Yacht Club & Marina. We took 256.4 gallons.
We ended up at Oregon Inlet Fishing Center, which is in Nags Head, NC, just north of Oregon Inlet.
Tomorrow we head for Oriental, NC.