Sunrise and sunset along the way to Elizabeth City.WWII Blimp Hanger - largest wooden building in the world - and blimb outside Elizabeth City.
Doing the Intracoastal Waterway along North Carolina is a lovely trip with variations of canals, rivers and sounds to transit. Realizing Bobby announced we are underway again, the winds cease from the south and turn north, so we are nose into the wind for three days to Elizabeth City. Yes, motoring 8 hours/day for 3 days out in the sparsely populated country, so still no cellular service.
Wednesday night (16 July) our anchorage for the night was off the north end of the Alligator River - Pungo River Canal. Upon dropping the hook, wasps fly over deciding to nest in the sailcovers. Dinner preparation is underway while Bobby is dancing about the deck with a fly swatter waging war for more than an hour with insects. Carcasses loll about the deck while Jenny serves dinner, putting a temporary truce to the carnage. The final holdouts are vanquished the next morning.
In the Abermarle Sound, the ICW breaks into two routes. The west route heads to the Dismal Swamp Canal, and the east route stays inland from the coast. Both routes meet up south of the Portsmouth/Norfolk area of Virginia. We are heading up to the Dismal Swamp Canal (bordering North Carolina and Virginia).
We arrive at the Elizabeth City Mariner Wharf docks Thursday afternoon. This cruiser friendly town provides free 48-hour docks right downtown. They are very small, meaning you can only depart/board your boat by the bow (front of the boat, usually the pointy end). The Farm Fresh grocery store provides a free shuttle to and from the Wharf to their store. Most requirements are within a few blocks, to include a wonderful county museum. The Mariner Wharf is at a park with a Saturday market, free summer concerts and local welcomers. Jenny took a delightful historical walking tour, with another boat couple, that included local politics and government issues. The tour concluded with a high tea, all for only $15/person by De' Tours (Bonnie at 252-
435-5427).
Wednesday night (16 July) our anchorage for the night was off the north end of the Alligator River - Pungo River Canal. Upon dropping the hook, wasps fly over deciding to nest in the sailcovers. Dinner preparation is underway while Bobby is dancing about the deck with a fly swatter waging war for more than an hour with insects. Carcasses loll about the deck while Jenny serves dinner, putting a temporary truce to the carnage. The final holdouts are vanquished the next morning.
In the Abermarle Sound, the ICW breaks into two routes. The west route heads to the Dismal Swamp Canal, and the east route stays inland from the coast. Both routes meet up south of the Portsmouth/Norfolk area of Virginia. We are heading up to the Dismal Swamp Canal (bordering North Carolina and Virginia).
We arrive at the Elizabeth City Mariner Wharf docks Thursday afternoon. This cruiser friendly town provides free 48-hour docks right downtown. They are very small, meaning you can only depart/board your boat by the bow (front of the boat, usually the pointy end). The Farm Fresh grocery store provides a free shuttle to and from the Wharf to their store. Most requirements are within a few blocks, to include a wonderful county museum. The Mariner Wharf is at a park with a Saturday market, free summer concerts and local welcomers. Jenny took a delightful historical walking tour, with another boat couple, that included local politics and government issues. The tour concluded with a high tea, all for only $15/person by De' Tours (Bonnie at 252-
435-5427).
Elizabeth City Mariner Wharf docks and Bonnie of De' Tours in front of the oldest brick house in town.
