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| June 14 The worst of the storm has passed, but we are still getting a lot of wind. James and the boys went with Walter into town. When the boys got back they kept talking about how fast they went in a car - oOOoO000hh 35 mph - well, it is a lot faster than the 5mph we have been going. June 15 We were planning to leave the anchorage today, but James decided to fix the plumbing ...an all day event, concidering the sewage was going into the bildge. A messy job. June 16 Motored at 05:30 hrs to get under two bridges before rush hour curfew. Unfortunately we missed the second bridge opening by five minutes and had to wait 2 hours before we could move on. June 17 Headed up the ICW to Bucksport, South Carolina. The river here is edged by a mangrove swamp forrest. There are alligators, turtles and water flowers. We feel as if we are traveling up some jungle river deep in South America. That is until a daft racing powerboat driver screams around the riverbend, feet from our bow and creating a large wake. June 18 An exhausting day. We motor sailed to the Cape Fear river. The ICW on a summer day can be a crazy place to be. Road rage on the waterway, kids on jetski's, teenagers with 400 horsepower engines on fifteen foot boats, oy. Today is also Fathers Day. The boys made presents and cards for James. June 19 Motor sailed up the ICW to Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. June 20 We spent the day going back and forth to the beach. The weather is beautiful and in the 90's so 76 degree water is very refeshing, especially with no air conditioning on board. June 21 Today we sailed the ocean seventy miles from Wrightsville Beach to Beaufort, North Carolina. The day was long but the seas were following and the wind fair. Heather and Evan were still sea sick in favorable conditions. We anchored in Beaufort just before a storm came in. Invited a lonely sailor to dinner aboard Seaesta. June 22 Spam, Spam, Spam and eggs, eggs and spam. Without a refridgerator we are eating a lot of spam. Isn't there some law against eating so much spam. We signed up for a complimentary car at the Maritime Museum so that we could drive to a supermarket. Heather drove since James was too nervous to drive - he hasn't driven a car in ten months. June 23 Motored to Oriental, NC. June 24 Sailed 54 miles to the Pungo River . June 25 Sailed up the Alligator River. The refridgerator parts came in and James installed them, but the fridge is not getting colder than 80 degrees F. The butter is now moldy and the milk sour. June 26 Sailing was fast and James was having a blast. We sailed all day in 20knot winds. We sailed 7knots in 12 feet of water down a 50ft wide lane in thunderstorms...We stopped at the Pungo River Marina. The river banks are all flooded. Waves are lapping at frontdoors with no garden visable. We waded in knee deep water along paths we could not see since the water was brown. June 27 We only have 26 miles to go to Norfolk ,VA, but many bridges and opening restrictions. We tied up to a free dock near the Great Bridge. Army Engineers came by and warned us of a flash flood comming. We watched the water rise and the rain fall. Of course our house floats so we were not concerned. June 28 The rain finally stopped and the water has receeded six inches. The temperature is 92 and the cheese I bought yesterday is already mushy. We are staying at the dock until the weather settles out. June 29 Traveled through the lock and under many bridges to Norfolk. Many of the aircraft carriers were missing, probably off on exercise or duty somewhere. June 30 The wind is from the north today so we are not sailing anywhere. We visted Fort Monroe on the Navy base. |
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| Aircraft Carrier |
| USA Warship |
| Container Ship Plant |
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| Flooded Pungo River picknick area grass and walkways are underwater |