Day 5

Day 5

Last night we arrived At the Dowry creek marina at twilight about ½ hour after sunset…just enough light to tie up. The marina was nice (as much as we could tell in the dark), but they had electricity and so we had heat!

Dinner was a Mexican chicken and rice casserole, one of 8 different casseroles we ordered (along with about one dozen frozen soups) from Palate Pleasers in Annapolis. It was excellent, as were the several soups we’ve had for lunch as we’ve traveled down the ICW. Between the dinners out (and most especially the 32 oz Prime Ribs we had the night before) and the food we ordered from Palate Pleasers we’ve been eating very well

We cast off this morning at 6:54 and motor sailed down the Pungo river to the Bay River to the Pamlico River to the Neuse river to Beaufort. The Pamlico and Neuse rivers were connected via a narrow 15 mile long canal as was the Neuse and harbor of Beaufort. It was breezy (winds 15 to 20 knots), a little chilly (temps in the mid-50’s) but sunny. We made good time and arrived at Beaufort around 4:30.

We are in a private marina enabled by a friend of Bobby’s (Greg Kerlin, another Island Packet owner). The marina is surrounded by very nice houses , one of which is Gregs). We are having a barbeque at this house this evening

I took lot of picture as we traveled and will add them to the Picasa album after dinner