June 27th... Goat Island, NC to Deep Creek, VA

It was a beautiful morning clear and cool for a change. We motored through the wilderness keeping to the middle as the river narrowed down to about 60 feet.
We locked through with "Raven" whom we met in Oriental. We seem to be the only boats traveling north these days.

Our destination today was Deep Creek where there is first a lift bridge and then a lock, both of which are open 4 times a day. We were traveling through the canal with the idea of making the 1:30 opening. But we were unsure of when the bridge would really open. According to what we read, the lock opens for southbound traffic at 1:30 and to lock through takes about 30 minutes. Then the lock master drives to the bridge 400 yards away and opens the bridge. Kathy called on the phone to find out exactly where the bridge was going to open and if there was room at their free dock.

The lock master told us to just call when we got to the bridge and he'd let us through early if we promised not to tell anyone. (So why are you telling??) It is not a busy time of year here.

We were docked by about 12:30 and walked into town to look for a tarp that we'll need in Deltaville and some groceries.

Our afternoon was spent reading in the shade of the cockpit and watching kids fish from the dock.