Southport to Moorehead
City was a LONG day. It was 64 miles, and we were into the current or in areas
where we had to watch our wake much of the day…so it took us 7 hours. For the
pups (and for us) this is about an hour more than we enjoy frankly. We were
glad actually that we had decided to stay for 2 days, because we just didn’t
feel like moving again when we got up on Sunday morning. The marina was fine
for us…a whole bunch of big sport fishing boats docked here, and from what we
understand there were more on the way. There was evidently a huge marlin
tournament starting in early June, and the boats start arriving early and
snagging the dock space.
Moorehead City to RE Mayo
on the other hand was a very pleasant day. The weather was gorgeous, the
current a bother for a while but more palatable, and the ride smooth and
enjoyable. It was a 48 mile day, but we managed it in only about 5 ½ hours…much
more to our liking. And we found RE Mayo to be exactly what we were expecting.
It is a working fishing dock, where the large boats come in to unload their
catch. Just as we arrived, they were unloading a boat that had brought in some
flounder. We were able to watch the entire process…from unloading to sorting to
packing in ice to loading on trucks. It was great! The docks are a bit beat up,
but that’s fine. The price is perfect (only $0.40 per foot) and we were all
able to buy some flounder and shrimp at great prices. For example…Rob bought a
T-shirt and flounder for dinner and the bill was a total of about $20. Can’t
beat that! and we bought a bunch more for the freezer.
We’re here just for the
night…there are no marina-like facilities…kind of like a glorified anchorage
where we can simply step off the boat to walk the pups. We are off in the
morning to cross the Pamlico Sound. This can be an awkward crossing, but we
have 2 things going for us – the weather looks suitable and the route we are
taking only bites off about 10 miles of open water. So, we are hoping that it
will be comfortable and relatively uneventful.
(We don’t have any real
internet service here at RE Mayo, so this entry is being penned on Monday
night, but it will likely not post until Tuesday or Wednesday sometime.)
Now for some pics…
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| Another house that's easy to spot from the ICW. |
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| OK...this house had an 8' tall giraffe by the water, and... |
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| A metallic sculpture of what we decided was Queen Neptunis holding a rainbow flag. |
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| Sandy snapped some great shots of Osprey in their nests...a future blog might have a photo shopped version of these for better viewing... |
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| How about having your own lighthouse next to your house on a private island? In pink of course. |
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| We drove past Camp Lejune where the marines train, but fortunately there wasn't any live fire in the area. |
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| Only a couple of carcasses of what they use for target practice. |
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| At Moorehead City Yacht Basin, there were scads of large sport fishing boats...this is only a sampling. |
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| We think that this guy was raking for oysters. |
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| At RE Mayo...this was the fishing boat that pulled up with a load of flounder while we were there. |
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| Sandrobber tucked away on their dock for the night. |
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| And for public restrooms they had these...look familiar to any of you? |
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| Not sure why the women got a 2-holer...guess we know who runs the show at RE Mayo now! |
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