4/20/13 - North Carolina

Greetings from the Tar Heel state!  

Mooring on Calabash River

Girl Time

After leaving Osprey Marina in Myrtle Beach, we headed for an anchorage in the Calabash River.  The anchorage was right along the NC/SC border.  Very nice and protected, although we are still 'working' with Heidi to use her pee pad.  :o(  

The next morning we headed on to Bald Head Island, NC and spent a couple of days exploring.  OK, I found out that they call it Bald Head Island because many years ago as sailors approached the island, it had a large hill that had bare with no greenery on it.  The sailors said it looked like a bald head....and it stuck.   It is a very pretty island with Old Baldy, the oldest lighthouse in North Carolina.  

The marina is well protected from the Atlantic and ferries run continuously until late in the evening.

View of marina atop Old Baldy

BHI is a fairly large island with paved trails all over.  They only allow golf carts or bikes, so we opted for our bikes.  It is also a dog-friendly island.  Heidi was able to have some fun on the beach swimming and attacking a crab (which was dead, but don't tell her).  

Miss Braveheart fighting with dead crab

After leaving BHI, we ventured up the Cape Fear River and that brings us to where we are now.  Wilmington has a boardwalk in the historic downtown with lots of shopping and restaurants.  As the weather changed last night with a cold front and wind, we are hunkered down.  But guess what??

On Thursday, as we were returning from a long bike ride, we saw a very familiar face walking down the dock.  It was Joe Sadler!  Joe & Ginny's boat, Slow Gin was docked right next to us.  

Slow Gin

What a nice surprise.  We're still not quite sure how they caught us but glad they did.  They will be tied up for a couple of days too, as we wait out the windy conditions.  







That's it for today.  The adventure continues.....

Buds on the beach at BHI