Sheet Music 323: Left Anchorage; Fueled up in Oriental and Pushed on to Beaufort, NC

Last night I added Sirius Internet Radio while in our anchorage in Belhaven, so I can get it on my phone to listen to the Notre Dame games while we’re anchored out without running the boat battery down. It’s a good thing I didn’t upgrade my phone before we left. I still have unlimited data and will lose that when I upgrade. Chuck was happy to listen to the game last night.

Brrr. It was cold this morning….just 59 degrees. We pulled anchor and by 7 a.m. were on our way to Oriental, NC. We were hoping to anchor there. The forecast was for 65 degrees and cloudy.

We left the Pungo River at 9 a.m. and entered the Pamlico River, which led to a canal. We went through Goose Creek and Bay River to the Neuse River. There was 14 knots of wind in the Neuse River, so we sailed for a while. We saw lots of shrimp boats, both docked and heading out.

At 1:30 p.m., we pulled into Oriental Marina and Inn for fuel. We stayed there last trip. But it was early, the sun had come out and it was beautiful. I wanted to keep going, so we called Beaufort Docks to make a reservation, fueled up and pulled out for Beaufort.

We saw several pods of dolphins today, but I didn’t get a good picture. I read Chuck Barris' book titled, Della, A Memoir of My Daughter. Sad, sad story, but a good book.

Chuck put on Sirius Radio and we listened to the Eagles game, then switched to the Patriots game.

We arrived at Beaufort Docks at 5:20 p.m. We saw wild horses on Carrot Island while approaching the harbor.

I took Jazzy for a walk to check in. Then Chuck took her for a longer walk, while I took a shower. I walked to the little grocery store (not much there) while he took a shower. Then we walked up and had dinner at Ribeye’s. I had an a la carte grilled boneless pork chop and the unlimited salad bar. Chuck had two skewers of grilled shrimp with baked potato and Texas toast. Delish!

Tomorrow: Camp LeJeune, NC