M/V Nearly Perfect: Oct. 18-23, 2017 - South to Oriental, Goose Creek

We left Plymouth around 8:30 Wednesday for a nice, calm ride down the Roanoke River. When we hit the Albemarle Sound, the wind and waves picked up and we had a chilly, bumpy ride most of the day. We anchored south of the Alligator River Bridge at Cypress Point. Thursday the weather was greatly improved. We left our anchorage around 8:00 and had a nice warm, smooth ride through the Alligator River-Pungo River Canal, which is a pretty narrow but beautiful canal that cuts through North Carolina. We stopped at the Dowry Creek Marina for fuel (where we had stayed on our way north) and then anchored in a beautiful spot on Pungo Creek. Wednesday we were in sweats all day; Thursday we were back to shorts.

Friday we left our anchorage around 7:45 and docked at the Whittaker Point Marina around 12:30. We took advantage of their courtesy car and went into Oriental for lunch at the Toucan Grill. While eating, Jeff and Izzy (Izzy R) pulled into a slip at the marina. We had docked behind them in Deltaville in June and passed them going into Dowry Creek the day before. After lunch we stopped by and talked with them for a while. Saturday we took the courtesy car into Oriental again. They were supposed to have a farmer's market, but there wasn't much there so we headed to Food Lion to stock up. That evening we had our boat neighbors Jessica and Dave (S/V Kianda) over for docktails. They are Canadians who are taking a year off from work and sailing south to ultimately end up in Cuba (because they are allowed there). After that, we actually went to dinner by ourselves for a change.

We left Oriental Sunday around 10:30 and dropped the anchor at Goose Creek. It was a beautiful, calm day on the water and the anchorage was nice and peaceful. We stayed there Sunday and Monday and got caught up on a lot of projects.