After a pretty uneventful motoring through the Pongo River, Pamlico River and into Goose Creek, we docked at the ReMayo Seafood Docks. Although the docks were a lot less than perfect, the shore power wasn't working and the outhouses were debatably rustic we enjoyed purchasing two pounds of fresh frozen shrimp and enjoyed a peaceful night. Well, I say a peaceful night but really we were more than a little preoccupied with the next few days weather. NOAA ( marine weather ) was calling for 20 to 25 knots of wind in the morning deminishing to 15 to 20 in the afternoon. We knew we had to cross the Neuse River which is about 15 miles of shallow water. Also Sunday they are calling for gale force winds and a high of 40 degrees and a low of 20 degrees. The rest of the week doesn't look much better with 60 to 70 percent rain till thanksgiving. Ugh, who wants to stay on a seafood dock with no shore power and no place to go....not us.
A little side story here. Since jon and I left Fair Haven we have had a running encounter with a crane. (We choose to believe it's the same one we used to watch in Fair Haven off our dock. Jon used to joke that one morning we would wake up to our crane in our cockpit behind the wheel. Well everyday we are traveling we have seen "our" crane. I mean everywhere...down the Erie Canal, down the Hudson River, in Sandy Hook, in Cape May, in Deltaville, in the Dismal Swamp and, yes, this morning "our" crane flew by our boat as we were debating going. Jon said he had his thumb up in the air for "go for it". Our personal spirit guide says go so we go.
So, we're up early and trying to beat the weather. So far so good, no rain, about 10 knots of NW winds, a little chop building and we have about 8 miles left on the River. I ll update you tomorrow. Maybe we'll have more of "our" crane.
The ReMayo Seafood Dock
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