Tuesday and Wednesday

The Coast Guard following us.

Yesterday we had no Internet or cell service, so there was no post. Tuesday we left Whittaker Pointe Marina in the morning with Norm and Sue.  It was cold enough that I wore two pairs of slacks, a Tshirt, a long sleeved shirt, a jacket, gloves, and ear warmers.  Through one section, a Coast Guard boat followed  directly behind for several miles.  We were in an idle zone and kept watching for the blue lights or a call on the radio.  John had me dig out the boarding report from just a few days ago in case they wanted to board us.  Further along this idle zone, we came to a Coast Guard Facility where they turned.  They had us thinking we have a "Follow Me " Sign on our aft end.  We anchored out at Upper Dowry Creek for the evening.

Today we left our anchorage at 7:30 A.M.  The first thing we saw of interest, was this sailboat going under the bridge.  We honestly thought it was going to get stuck under the bridge.

Captain John.

 The sailboat we thought was not going to make it through.

 Some of the stuff that flew around during the ride through the rough ride.

These may not look like bad waves, but it was a rough ride.

 Right before the Alligator River Swing Bridge, we made the decision to keep going to Elizabeth City instead of anchoring near the bridge.  The weather is supposed to get worse tomorrow and we thought it would be a good thing to cross the Abermerle Sound today and get to a marina in case of really bad weather.  The wind today was 20 to 25 mph.   Crossing was a bit uncomfortable.  Things fell over all over the boat.  One drawer of my thread chest spilled into the floor and I am now missing one spool of thread.  Today we cruised 82.1 miles in 9 hours 38 minutes.  We were tied up by 5:00 and are having an early night tonight.  We are very near to the start of the Dismal Swamp.