June 26th... Reeds Pt, NC to Goat Island NC

We were up and gone by 7am to cross the Albemarle Sound. We had nice wind and made good time across the sound and up the Pasquotank to Elizabeth City. Rather than stopping for a free dock, we continued another 8 miles upstream to Goat Island where we've anchored in the past, although the bridge tender did his best to try to get us to stay in Elizabeth City. We were anchored by 1pm and had some lunch. It's a beautiful spot completely in the wild...except for the water skiers who like this remote area.

The only thing worth mentioning ... besides the wall to wall crab pots was the dirigible that was in the area. It looked like someone was taking lessons. It would make a circle over the river going up quite high and then head into the wind and touch down in a field. It never actually landed but continued to make a circle of a couple of miles and then go in for a touch....and then back up. It was actually quite close at times.

A thunder storm started to build in the west, but we looked on the computer and knew that is was sliding to the south of us. We weren't so luck a little later when one came right over the top of us. There was no wind but loads of rain and lots of nearby lightning.

We had a nice dinner, read until dark and went to bed. We needed to leave in the morning before 7am to make the 8:30 lock opening about 10 more miles upstream at the southern entrance to the Dismal Swamp Canal.