The forecast was for 30 knots on the Albemarle Sound with 4-5 ft seas and snow! Now we could ride out that kind of weather, but why would we want to? So we decided to stay at the Alligator River Marina for two nights. It is nice to be in charge sometimes.
We arrived yesterday afternoon after a 50 mile day including a trip up the Alligator Pungo River canal, affectionately known by Team Helios as the 21 mile very boring, canal of death. We only had to share this narrow channel of very shallow water with 10 power yachts, a crazy 50 mile per hour bass boat and one very large barge going in the opposite direction. We arrived in the Alligator River and made it through the swing bridge with little trouble. We had a nice boat named "Sleep Walker II" follow us up the river as we talked by VHF. They were from Canada had spent the winter in the Bahamas. We shared our local knowledge with them and they told us about a few nice anchorages in the area. That is the nice part of traveling by boat, it is a community of folks just trying to help each other out. Then it was into the 7 foot channel that lead to the marina.
It is a very windy Saturday afternoon and we have had an absolutely lazy day of movies and music. James had never seen "Rock Star" so we got in a bit of 80's hair band time. I also spent part of the day listening to the new Nine Inch Nails album, Year Zero, which has been streaming online for the past few days in advance of it's official release. Thumbnail review is that Trent Reznor is back on his game. Well worth your time.
After a couple of loads of laundry and very hot showers, we retired to the boat for some TV and a little reading. Tomorrow it is off to the next adventure in a lovely little place named Coinjock.
Cheers,
J & P
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