Yesterday we left Dowry Creek having a reasonable night's sleep until 4:30 AM. It was a very cold night so we left the heat on. Around that time one of the CO detectors went off and well, that was that. I figured it was a one hit wonder and so did Deb so we got the other detector and moved it to the same location. That spot just happened to be about a foot from my head. We fell back asleep and withing 15 minutes they both started sounding.
It was at this point we found ourselves awake looking for who would have a gasoline powered generator running in the marina. I went outside and walked a bit of the dock but heard nothing. Perhaps somone had a coal stove going somewhere also. We never found out.
The frost on the fordeck was thick and in bear feet I went out there and retrieved all the lines and off we went around sunrise. After about a 1/2 hour of this I decided shoes and socks were a requirement.
The weather was spectacular being clear calm and warm thanks to the enclosure. The sun heats up the flybridge wonderfully. We sit up there in T shirts while all the sailboats and express cruisers we pass are in full fuzzy edged hood winter attire.
Down the Pungo to Pamlico river. Look east and all you see is water and it was all flat as a pancake. From here we went along Goose Creek and associated canals south to Bay River. This is where we met our friends in the photo.
Looking out east again is Pamlico Sound, and again the water was abolutely flat! This made the rest of the day along the Neuse River to Oriental pleasant.
Cell phone access is poor in this area, and all we have is wifi (go figure) but I cannot access the server to load the latest GPS data.
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