We passed Frying Pan Shoals at 5am. The wind so far since we left Norfolk has been on the bow and we have motored the entire time. There isn't much to write about being offshore. The weather was good and was warming up the further south we went. I have been catching up on some reading and will be completing "My Old Man and the Sea" by David and Daniel Hays. It is about a father and son that sail around Cape Horn in a 25' sailboat. There isn't that much to look at out there on the ocean, just lots of water and sky. We did actually have the wind come from the south east enough for us to pull out the sails and motor sail.

We had been using the motor nonstop since we left Norfolk and as we were approaching Bald Head Island and Cape Fear, North Carolina we were on fumes. Doug was worried we may not make it to the marina to refuel, but we did.
Seeing land for the first time in three days:

Coming up the river:

We arrived at 1pm. Here is Doug's "Island Time":

We cleaned up and got some lunch at the marina restaurant, then went for a walk across the island to check out the point of Cape Fear.

We had a 3 mile walk to the other side down this straight road. It was a nice walk especially since we had been sitting on a boat for three days straight. You can see the small white dot of light at the end of the road:

We stopped along the way and saw "Old Baldy" Lighthouse:

This is the beach and further ahead is the point of Cape Fear.

Here is the point where the waves of Cape Fear clash:

Here I am at the point:

As we were walking back to the marina, we hitched a ride with a couple on a golf cart. The people that live on the remote island do not drive cars, only golf carts and you better have your license:

The only way to get to the island is by boat/ferry. Here was the sunset I saw this night:

It is a very nice place, but a little too remote for me. We went to the bar and had a drink or two before calling it a day.