Pasquotank scenery.

A reasonably quiet night on the Dismal, but not spooky,
mainly because of traffic noise on the drawbridge to
our south, and the interstate highway bridge to the north.

At around 8am, the collection of boats from the NC Welcome
Center began to arrive for the drawbridge opening at 8:30,
and the lock opening shortly after. The Captain would like to
report that in raising the anchor he performed a very nice
pi-radian arabesque in reverse to line up for the bridge.
No applause from the gathered vessels, but surely a 9.5
out of 10 was fair. And no further leaves or twigs on deck.


A lengthy lock loading ensued, and then a 2.5 hour parade down the
isolated, undeveloped Pasquotank River and through the
drawbridge at Elizabeth City .
As we watched the boats jockey for the free slips at EC,
the Admiral declared "press on." We had a very nice sail
across Ablemarle Sound and we are anchored in a small
river at the entrance to the Alligator River, arriving at
about 6 pm. (Keeping our fingers and toes inside the boat.)

Should be a quiet night, in an isolated but rather exposed
anchorage, with predicted calm weather. Tomorrow we
will figure out a comfortable objective as we covered 80
miles in the last two days, and we don't need to push that hard.

We have had lovely weather for several days... how long can
it continue?