June 26, 2016
NM Today: 30
NM To Date: 5362
I knew we should have hosed down the boat when we got into Beaufort, but the predicted weather called for rain and severe thunder storms. I figured that the rain would wash off any residual salt from our trip into Beaufort. Well, at most we got sprinkles and even that would have been a stretch to call it that, so when we left Beaufort this morning we started out with a somewhat salty boat.
We were in no rush to leave this morning as we planned to arrive at a fellow looper's house for the evening after 4:00. Before we left Clark had a bit of a run-in with the fellow sharing our finger dock. Apparently Clark interrupted his morning fishing. I gather that, in disgust, he left a deposit on the dock as he vacated the area for a less-crowded fishing experience.
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| Clark gets "the look" for disturbing this guy's morning fishing activity |
I particularly like the second picture of the egret. It seems like a perfect example of a picture Jane of Jammin Jane would like to go with the ones of other birds I painted for her. Maybe I should get my paints out and give it a try!
Clark said we would leave between 10:30 and 11:00, so I wandered off to take a shower. When I came back from my shower at 9:40; however, he was already to leave to catch the 10:30 bridge opening, so we pulled in our lines and took off a little earlier than anticipated.
Shortly after we left the dock, I was down below taking care of some post-departure activities. When I looked up, I saw that, like magic, as we approached the bridge, it immediately started to go up. The bridge was just about 5 minutes away from the dock, and Clark had called ahead to the bridge tender who said she would open the bridge when she saw him. True to her word it opened as soon as he came into her line of sight and we sailed right through. Nice! We didn't even have to slow the engines to wait at all.
Before leaving the Beaufort area, Clark decided to fill up with fuel. We stopped at Jarrett Bay Boatyard since he had seen on cruisersnet.net that they had a good fuel price. The price was not as good as he had seen on the net, but he decided to fill up anyway since we were right there.
The rest of the trip to our friend's dock was uneventful. It was very quiet on the water today. To get to our friend's house, we traveled waters that are not part of the ICW. On the one occasion when I took the helm to give Clark a break, he admonished me to watch the depth carefully. I never saw the depth finder go below 7.9', so no worries!
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| Very quiet on the water today - Adams Creek |
We arrived at Mazel Tug's dock just at 4:00 as hoped. Ralph and Linda were there to greet us when we pulled in. The most amazing part of the Great Loop has been meeting fellow loopers and other boaters along the way. Clark and I totally enjoyed reconnecting with our boater friends over a home-cooked dinner. We had a wonderful evening talking and eating great food! Oh yes, and reconnecting with "Chewy" as well who traveled the Great Loop on Mazel Tug with Ralph and Linda.
Chewy is a Jack Russell Terrier who is very friendly and playful. In the picture below he is playing with Katie (Ralph and Linda's daughter). She is holding his toy with him in the air. As with all terriers he is tenacious enough not to let go even when no feet are touching the ground. (His friend Dexter is standing behind Katie watching the fun.)
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| Chewy hanging in the air by his teeth gripping his raccoon toy! |
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