Monthly Archives: April 2025

Saturday April 26- Monday April 28, 2025 Saturday several others loopers joined us here at the Marina. During the day we got some work/projects done, went for another walk around the town and into a few shops, then headed out to dinner to an Irish Pub with two other looper couples. It was a goodContinue reading “Days 29, 30 & 31-Roanoke Island”

Friday April 25, 2025 As we left our anchorage in the morning, we had many crab pots to dodge to get back in the channel. Once we got in the Albemarle Sound we still were dodging crab pots. Our day was pretty calm, sunny and warm. We had a show from a Coast Guard C130Continue reading “Day 28-Alligator River East Lake Anchorage to Roanoke Island, NC”

Thursday April 24, 2025 After our breakfast, we decided it was time to go. We have a 50 mile day today. Over 20 miles is through the Alligator River Canal. It is heavily wooded, not many homes and supposedly home to lots of alligators. We went through a long section that looked like there hadContinue reading “Day 27-Belhaven, NC to Alligator River East Lake Anchorage”

Wednesday April 23, 2025 We got up early this morning to get going before the weather turned. We did have rain, but the wind was calm. We got ahead of the line that was moving across so we didn’t have much thunder and lightning. Made a quick stop at another seafood shop. We were hopingContinue reading “Day 26-Oriental, NC to Belhaven, NC”

Tuesday April 22, 2025 We left Beaufort, NC to head up to Oriental, NC. It was a short day, 21 miles. We anchored in a Bay Area just outside the marina. It was a hot and humid day. 80+ degrees and 80% humidity. It got a bit windy in the late afternoon/early evening but theContinue reading “Day 25 Beaufort, NC to Oriental, NC”

Monday April 21, 2025 A beautiful day to get a few more chores done. Walked to a great restaurant called Queen Anne’s Revenge. We sat outside on the waterfront. We shared a Caesar salad and a homemade pizza- homemade sauce and dough from scratch each day. We had a nice visit with the owner. HighlyContinue reading “Day 24-Staying in Beaufort, NC”

We started our Easter morning by making Scrambled eggs, French toast and sausages along with mimosas for brunch. We then went for a nice long walk around this historic town. There are so many beautiful homes still standing, still looking fabulous that were built from the late 1700’s to late 1800’s. They have 16 buildingsContinue reading “Day 23- Staying in Beaufort, NC”

Saturday April 19, 2025 We got up early (beautiful sunrise), so we could get through the Onslow Swing Bridge, that opened on the top of the hour. Once we got to the bridge, there were several boats waiting. This bridge has been under construction for quite some time and has been a nightmare for manyContinue reading “Day 22-Mile Hammock Bay to Homer Smith Docks & Marina-Beaufort, NC”

Friday April 18, 2025 Today we had about 40 miles to our next stop. Still interesting scenery. We got to our anchorage, but had a bit of trouble finding a good holding. After a couple of attempts, we finally found it. Had a great seared tuna dinner on board and watched another beautiful sunset. TheContinue reading “Day 21-Wrightsville Beach, NC to Mile Hammock Anchorage, NC”

Thursday April 17, 2025 We left Southport, NC and cruised up the Cape Fear River. Many large ferry boats, freighters and military go through here. We didn’t encounter too many, but did have an interesting experience. This military boat was coming up on us fast. It seemed to be following a center console type boat.Continue reading “Day 20-South Port, NC to Wrightsville Beach, NC”

Wednesday April 16, 2025 We decided to stay in Southport, NC another night to give us more time to explore the town. We walked all over, spent time in the Maritime Museum, checked out a few shops. We had a small bite at the provision Company for lunch and a terrific dinner at a restaurantContinue reading “Day 19-South Port Basin”

Monday April 14th & Tuesday April 15th, 2025 We left Wacca Wache Marina Monday morning. It was a beautiful ride through so may cypress trees, beautiful (VERY LARGE) homes, a swing bridge that we needed to open for us until we came to our lunch stop at Barefoot Landing. What a cute place! At thisContinue reading “Days 17 & 18- Wacca Wache Marina to Southport , NC”

Saturday & Sunday April 12 & 13 We stopped at Wacca Wachee Marina for a couple of nights. What a great place. They had happy hour with live music both nights. We had a chance to get to town to get a few items, do laundry, met some nice people and just relaxed. Tomorrow weContinue reading “Days 15 & 16-Wacca Wachee Marina”

Thursday & Friday April 10th-12th, 2025 The last two days, we have just been enjoying the sights in Georgetown. What a great unique waterfront downtown. Georgetown is the 3rd oldest city in South Carolina, founded in 1729. It was known for Indigo and Rice Plantations. We visited the Maritime museum, went on a swamp foxContinue reading “Days 13 & 14-Staying in Georgetown, SC”

Tuesday April 8, 2025 The front that came through last night with rain dropped the temps and the humidity. It’s chilly enough to wear a sweatshirt! First time in 10 days. We headed out through Charleston Harbor around 9:30am. We have about 4 or so hours to McClellenville. We plan to anchor out overnight tonight.Continue reading “Day Eleven-Charleston to McClellenville, SC”

Monday April 7, 2025 Today our new friends (Patrick and Leila from Grand Life) gave us a ride to get a new belt for the generator and groceries at the grocery store. I did a load of laundry and Jeff fixed the generator (YAY). We got invited to dinner on their boat. What a gorgeousContinue reading “Day Ten-stayed in Charleston, SC”

Saturday April 5, 2025 We left our mooring ball to make our way to B&B Seafood House. It’s just a store front where you can buy fresh local seafood. They also supposedly had other homemade goodies, so we thought we’d give it a try and spend the night on their dock. It took a coupleContinue reading “Day Eight-Beaufort, SC to Toogoodoo Creek”

Thursday April 3, 2025 We left Sunbury at 8:40am to meander to Savannah. We arrived at Isle of Hope Marina just before 1:30pm. We visited again with our support folks about the fridge and so far, I think we may have a plan. They let us use a courtesy car here so we could getContinue reading “Day Six-Sunbury, GA to Savannah, GA”

April 1, 2025 Staying in Brunswick, GA We decided to stay another night at Brunswick Landing Marina. Great place. We had found a small bakery market yesterday so had bought a cherry danish and a cinnamon danish which we enjoyed for breakfast this morning. We used a couple of bikes from the marina and rodeContinue reading “Day Four-Staying in Brunswick, GA”

Monday March 31, 2025 Fernandina Beach, FL to Brunswick, GA We pulled anchor at 8am, pulled up to Port Consolidate to fill up with diesel. Since we needed it anyway and they have the best deal (as long as you need 200 gallons), we decided to fill up here. Great guy…super friendly and helpful. ThisContinue reading “Day Three-Fernandina, FL to Brunswick, GA”