Topsail to Morehead City to New Bern, NC

Day #549; Loop Miles to Date = 6,189

OK...so we've been a bit lazy with the blog...we'll quickly try to catch up...

On Thursday April 27th, we departed Topsail and transited to Morehead City Yacht Basin. It was a longish day, but the weather was fair and the winds manageable. We knew that there was some wind in the forecast for a couple of days, and we wanted to get closer to New Bern if we could. It turned out to be a great decision, as we had a nice travel day with no real troubles, and sure enough, later in the evening, the winds started to pick up in earnest.

On the way into Morehead City we met these guys screaming at us...there were 4 of them.

We're still not entirely sure exactly who they were...no markings what-so-ever.

Thankfully, we were mostly in the lee of the strongest winds at our dock, but it blew hard enough that we had to stay put on Friday instead of heading to New Bern. No one left the dock that day...even the big boats we were hidden amongst stayed put.

It is a bit like "Where's Waldo" trying to spot us at Morehead City Yacht Basin.

Once the front moved through on Friday, we were left with a gorgeous travel day on Saturday. We arrived in New Bern mid-afternoon, greeted by our good friends on Act III who have been here for awhile already. We've had a ball this past week making up for lost time...as it has been since November that we were last together. And, we are staying put here through the end of April. The AGLCA Spring Rendezvous is here in a couple of weeks, and we will head north again after that. It's nice to be stationary for a bit, and other than some strong winds last week, the weather has been delightful. We are looking forward to fun times over the next few weeks.

A couple of homes in New Bern...they had a tour of homes last weekend that allowed us to see a bunch of them. Lots of history here...

 

 

We'll leave you with a mediocre shot of some dolphin play. We stumbled on a pod of 6 or 7 who were all feeding, just before we hit the Neuse River going into New Bern. It's just about impossible to get a great picture of these guys...