Day Five and Six - Tornado Watch

Day 5: We woke to a soggy, wet morning, mixed with fog. We left the dock in Elizabeth City early with the intention of making it across the Albermarle Sound before the winds increased. When we reached the sound it was relativity flat and the winds we less than 10 knots and on our nose. The fog was scattered on the river and lifted by the time we reached the sound. We traveled to the far end of the Alligator River and anchored for the night. We arrived there around 4 PM in the afternoon. Our day was uneventful, which was a good thing. We were anchored out in the middle of no where along with two other boats. It got dark early and we went to bed early.

Day 6: We woke up early this morning, something we tend to do when we go to bed early. We had a short day planned.

We needed to do laundry and provision a few groceries. We had made a reservation for a dock at Dowry Creek Marina. They have a courtesy car and laundry facilities both of which we needed. We arrived around noon and fueled up then took a slip.

Our trip was short but windy we were registering up to 25 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. We picked a good night to be at a dock.

When we arrived the courtesy car was signed out by another boater couple but they invited us to tag along. We were glad to go with them so it wouldn't make a late night for us to do laundry, besides we now have more new friends. One of the many things I like about this life. We invited them, Ian and Marlene over for cocktails before dinner, so we could get better acquainted.

Our plan for tomorrow is to go to Oriental, NC and anchor out in one of the creeks either before or just past Oriental. The weather will predict what time we leave or if we leave. Today we had tornado watches and two people we kill North of here. Tomorrow they predict high winds and thunderstorms but hopefully no tornadoes.

The picture at the top is of our mobiles. They are going away gifts from our friends Sam and Sara. Sam and Sara live aboard a catamaran with their parents Marty and Delena and are spending the Winter in Deltaville. We'll miss them but will look forward to seeing them when we arrived back to Deltaville in the Spring.