23 October 2020
Depart: Wrightsville Beach Anchorage 11:11
Arrive: Eagle's Island Anchorage 3:15
Distance: 33 nm
Conditions: 70s, Hazy, Light Breeze
Clark said that anyone watching our path south to Florida would wonder why we have made "wrong turns" three times on this trip. The first time, we missed the turn off onto Adam's Creek to follow the ICW and ended up at Ralph's dock in New Bern. After leaving New Bern, we traveled to Beaufort and then turned north, not south, after exiting the inlet. That took us to Cape Lookout for the night - a place we had not seen before. Today's "wrong turn" took us on a side trip to Wilmington, North Carolina - another place we have not had time to visit in the past.
Even though we did not leave until late morning, Clark managed to capture a sunrise picture to start our day.
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Sunrise at Wrightsville Beach Anchorage
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Clark said we would have a short trip today and could have a leisurely start to the day. Generally, that means a 9:00 departure. Today, however, Clark got entangled in his email and was not ready to leave that early. Around 9:30, I asked and he said he needed about 15 more minutes to finish up. He finally said we could get going at 11:00!
I thought he would never be ready to go, but I found ways to keep busy. I read my latest novel for a while and then got busy organizing and cleaning the boat. The longer-than-15-minute delay gave me plenty of time to finish my task and feel quite accomplished!
We took so many pictures today that it was hard to decide which ones to include in the blog entry. Our trip to Wilmington took us on the usual ICW route until we turned north on the Cape Fear River.
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Sandy shore along Shinn Creek
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Nice homes on the New River
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View across from the homes on the New River
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Fish Farm
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Clouds on the Cape Fear River
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As we approached Wilmington, we came upon a dredging operation.
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Mine? No, Mooring Ball for Dredge
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Dredge Operation "Paula Lee"
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Dredging in progress ...
Shortly after the dredging, we came to the Port of Wilmington.
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Port of Wilmington ahead
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| Port of Wilmington |
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Washing the anchor?
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Loading containers to ship from trucks coming in ...
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Man on Container Ship
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"Cape Hatteras" Tug
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Wilmington, North Carolina
As we approached the end of our Wilmington "drive by", we saw a fire boat up ahead practicing, so we moved on up for a closer look.
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Fire Boat after bridge
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Practice time
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Show's over
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While Clark took photos, I piloted the boat as we traveled north on the Cape Fear River. Clark drove heading south, so I could get a better look around on the reverse trip.
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Ready to turn around
and give the helm over to Clark
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More Wilmington photos ...
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Tall Lift Bridge near Wilmington, NC
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"Beached" Boat at Bridge
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Road sign: "Downtown Wilmington"
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Classic Wooden Sailboat
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Cape Fear Community College Vessel
"Cape Hatteras" |
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Battleship North Carolina Museum
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Vintage Outboard Motor
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Clark chose Eagle's Island as tonight's anchorage. I asked him later if he knew what island was right next to Eagle's Island.
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Clarks Island near our anchorage tonight
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To quote Clark: "More telephone poles"
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Torpedo-shaped tree floating in anchorage
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Sunset in Anchorage
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Sunset near Wilmington, NC
Eagle's Island Anchorage |
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