Just Cruising

Another week has passed and we are sitting in Morehead City at Portside Marina.  Dick and Lynn just left this morning on Ladyhawke.  We keep running into them.  They passed us on our way from Wrightsville Beach and we anchored next to them in Mile Hammock Bay.  Fellow ICW cruisers know all of these names.

Everything is working well.  We have had some great sailing on the ICW.  They are predicting thunderstorms everyday, so instead of doing the 65 mile offshore sail to Morehead, we went the inside route.  We have been pleasantly surprised on how good the sailing is in this narrow part of the ICW.  One thing for sure is that it isn't boring.  Some of our highlights:

- Dolphins seen everyday
- A large Loggerhead turtle that was camera shy.  He reminded us of the seals up north.
- Great provisioning at Harris Teeter, Wrightesville Beach.  
- Best seafood pizza in Swansboro.  Fresh shrimp and crab with a garlic and basil base.
- Excellent shrimp and crab from the market at Carolina Beach
- The call of the osprey seen on many marker posts.
- Unusual and beautiful homes along the way.
- Kayaking in the salt marshes alive with wildlife.

             They swam right through our mooring field.

                                     Really?

                  Momma and nearly grown baby.

   They kept saying something about getting the redhead.  We barely escaped with our lives.

                   Bringing in our shrimp dinner.

           We could hear the turbines wind up just over the tree line.

NOAA just said they can definitely say there are no mermaids.  I see one right here.  Proves once again that the feds don't know anything.