North Carolina - part 1

On April 10th, we left beautiful Wacca Wache Marina and cruised into North Carolina.  To do that we had to slog our way behind Myrtle Beach and the miles of houses....It was a beautiful day.  The Waccamaw River was so glassy, Don wished he could go waterskiing.  We anchored that night in the Shallot River in NC.

On April 11th, we cruised to Southport through rain and 40 mph winds; seems like it took forever to get there and it was only 15 miles.  We spent 2 nights in Southport, loved the town, it had a summer beach place feel.  Thank God for our driver "Billy" - whom Don had met in December; he showed us around and entertained us - he talked a lot!

We left Southport on the 13th for Wilmington; weather still blustery and blowing hard! We moored at the Port City Marina. Found a great restaurant called the Copper Penny and chatted with some locals!  Wilmington has a wonderful river walk and some cute stores near the marina!  On Sunday we toured the Battleship North Carolina.  The battleship participated in every major naval offensive in the Pacific during World War II. We climbed all over the ship, gun turrets and read lots of interesting stories from the crewmen!

On the 15th, we departed Wilmington for Wrightsville Beach.  We anchored and motored over to the public dock on the tender; we walked the beach and sand spit of a town, had a drink at a Lagerheads bar - Don especially liked his Margarita!

Departed Wrightsville on the 16th, passed through a Camp LeJeune training area - we heard explosions and saw military exercises in the sand. Camp LeJeune is a Marine Corps Base!  Made it to Swansboro - a 50-mile cruise, luckily it was a warm, calm day.  Walked the town of Swansboro - another cute town!

Motored to Beaufort on the 17th.  We actually anchored at Jarrett Bay, which wasn't within walking distance of Beaufort, so we borrowed the marinas truck to do some errands (groceries) and then Uber'd it into town.  Very cute town and it was a beautiful day.  Found the best restaurant - Beaufort Grocery Co.  Yum - Yum!

That's it for now - I'm almost caught up! I'll add more later!





Beaufort Grocery Co.

Camp LeJeune

Battleship North Carolina


Ice Cream in Southport




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