More pics from the ICW

We stayed in Oriental, NC November 12 - 15 due to high winds and "frog chokin' " downpours. (Heard that term from a local weatherman.) Since then, we have moved south quickly, braving some pretty cold temps. We are now at Southport, NC which is just about 30 miles north of the South Carolina border. We're coming home November 20 - 29 for a WOT Board Meeting and Thanksgiving. Then we'll continue south. Below are some photos of the past week.

Our dock in Oriental. The marina was part of a hotel, Tiki Bar and restaurant complex.

A beautiful southern mansion in Oriental, complete with gas lamps.

Shrimp boats and sailboats in the fog at Oriental.

Early morning sunrise on the ICW. On our way to Swansboro we saw our first dolphins! Wanted to get a picture of them, but they moved too fast.

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Bill bundled up, braving the freezing cold temps. It's especially cold when you consider the wind factor. Today, as we were sailing the Cape Fear River, we had gusts up to 35 knots! But we were still able to sail with the jib for a while.

Part of the "boat parade" traveling down the ICW. When we got to the bridge just before Wrightsville Beach we must have had about 15 boats stacked up. We played musical chairs, going in circles waiting for the bridge to open (only opened on the top of the hour). It was pretty dicey because the channel wasn't very wide and quickly dropped off to 3 foot of water. One of the boats ended up going aground. Thanks to the driving ability of our trusty captain, we made it through just fine.



Barb and Rich Hampel, from s/v Aquila joined us for dinner one night. Rich had us sample scotch from Scotland that had a very strange taste. He said it was the peat. Blech! But I did like his Lemoncello. Needless to say, a good time was had by all.


An overview pic of the marina at Wrightsville Beach. Our boat is the second one on the outer dock.