We had a wet and wild ride across Albelmarle Sound to Elizabeth City, NC. One minute we were flying the spinnaker in 8kn winds and the next minute we were in the middle of a 30kn squall. We celebrated an epic day with a free slip space at the town dock and dinner on the town.
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| Don't tell Blue, but we saw LOTS of dogs on boats. And even several cats! |
The next day we spent
touring the Museum of the Albemarle, which was a top-notch museum chronicling
life in that region from Native American times, through to the present. It was fantastic.
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| The smoke house |
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| Sail rig used for menhaden fishing |
Later that afternoon we checked out Port Discover, a science discovery museum for kids.
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| Okay, so it might have been a little young for Riley. |
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But certainly not Scott.
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| Yup. Dead. |
We headed out to spend the night at the South Mills Lock so we'd be
there to catch the 8:30am opening. We were all excited to go through our first
lock!
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| Ri's self portrait |
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| Chillin' with Wrennie |
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| Fishin' at the lock. No luck. |
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| So we had to eat brats. |
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| 8:35am. Entering the lock. |
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| Tying up to the side |
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| The gate closes |
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| Water is pumped in |
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| The exit gate opens. Viola! Ten feet higher. Now entering the Dismal Swamp Canal. |
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| We were surprised to see Eastport on this sign. Only 988 miles to go! Gulp. |
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