Thursday, December 5

Can you tell I’m playing catch up with the blog? Here’s the deal: We have internet access on the boat but are limited in the amount of information we can upload or download. We try to keep the photos in the blog at a good quality level (have you tried clicking on any of the photos? They get larger so you can see just that on your screen. High resolution, or almost.) Most of the marinas we’ve stayed at “have internet access.” Let me explain. Most of the time “Internet Access” means you can SEE their signal, but either it is so weak you can’t sign on, or it drops almost immediately. So I save it up and send it when I can.

There was still fog as we left Morehead City but not major.

This section of the ICW seems to be less picturesque than many others, with many areas of straight channel.

Much of it runs through Camp Lejeune. . . there are periodic closings for a variety of reasons.

We arrived fairly early at our chosen anchorage, Mile Hammock Bay, which is actually in Camp Lejeune. It was obvious that some of the people who have access to the base enjoy the leisure activities available in the area.

We shared the anchorage with four sail boats, and had a beautiful sunset. Ah-h-h-h-h. . . .