We are feeling like prisoners in our boat due to all the love bugs flying around. It is a constant fight to keep them from getting inside when you open a door. So the ladies, Ricki, Barb & Cricket, spent the day shopping in a quaint village just a …
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Welcome Centre, Dismal Swamp, North Carolina
We are docked at the free dock at the Welcome Centre in the middle of the Dismal Swamp. Left Elizabeth City this morning after a very rocky night there. The people of the city are so generous and friendly, and they give boaters a free dock which is gre…
Cocoa, FL – 5/13/11
Blogspot was down on Wednesday/Thursday due to maintenance issues so we were not able to post anything for Thursday but as it turns out, we decided to stay another day at Melbourne and accomplish more boat chores that are on my / Ricki’s list. Our stat…
Mariners Wharf, Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Today was our day to cross Albemarle Sound, one of the larger bodies of water that we need to cross on the loop. It is not actually that wide, but it is shallow and there are horror stories about boats getting caught in big wav…
Alligator River Marina, Alligator River, North Carolina
Left Dowry Creek Marina at 8 this morning, beautiful calm morning. We travelled up the last couple of miles of the Pungo River, then entered the Alligator River-Pungo River Canal for the next few hours. This canal is just a fairly narrow channel with t…
Melbourne, FL – 5/11/11
Quest, along with our cruising friends Moor $tuff & Lucky One, left ft. Pierce City Marina this morning at 9:40 a.m.Prior to leaving, we had bloody marys on the dock behind our boats with Skip & Barb’s friends from Washington state.Huen & C…
Melbourne, FL – 5/11/11
Quest, along with our cruising friends Moor $tuff & Lucky One, left ft. Pierce City Marina this morning at 9:40 a.m.Prior to leaving, we had bloody marys on the dock behind our boats with Skip & Barb’s friends from Washington state.Huen & C…
Dowry Creek Marina, Belhaven, North Carolina
Got ready early and pulled away from Dowry Creek Marina. No more than left the entrance channel and our port engine stopped, so we turned around and came back in again. Wayne spent the day cleaning fuel lines and changing filters. The engine seems to g…
Dowry Creek Marina, Belhaven, North Carolina
Got ready early and pulled away from Dowry Creek Marina. No more than left the entrance channel and our port engine stopped, so we turned around and came back in again. Wayne spent the day cleaning fuel lines and changing filters. The engine seems to g…
Ft. Pierce, FL – 5/10/11
We left Sunset Bay Marina at 9 a.m. with our traveling companions, Moor $tuff & Lucky One for the 30 mile trip to Ft. Pierce City Marina.Sunset Bay Marina is probably one of the nicest facility that we have encountered so far on the trip. The organ…
