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A normal Sunday morning.  Bookie and Janie took us to breakfast and we caught up on each others activities.  At 10 we returned to the boat and hopped in Delane and Paula's car for a tour of their part of the world.  A great site seeing day, returning early enough for a nap and an early dinner on Called Aweigh, Delane and Paula's boat.  We're settling in for an early evening now and will be underway for points north tomorrow at 9 am.  Carey and I are both anxious now to get back to Colonial Beach.  We'll see how fast we move over the next few days.

Underway at 9 am we made the Sunset Pontoon Bridge at 10 am.  Then we headed for Carolina Beach State Park.  By the time we got there the tide was too low for us to get in the entrance channel so we continued on to Wrightsville Beach to anchor.  We're safely anchored and enjoying left over sea food from a restaurant we went to at Myrtle Beach.  Tomorrow we'll stay here, just relaxing, waiting for the weather to clear for further movement north.  It's still warm and we're worrying whether the weather will be nice and warm when we get back to Colonial Beach.

Still here.  It's great.  Took Sophie for her walk and enjoyed walking around the area.  Had dinner at a Mexican restaurant that was ok, then relaxed aboard the boat as the wind settled down and the sun set.

Moved 78 miles today to Beaufort as we have decided it's time to go home.  We've had a great time but we're ready for Colonial Beach.  The weather prediction is not great, as another winter storm appears to cover the northeast.  We moored at the City Marina and enjoyed a great steak at Clawson's, a regulars restaurant in the Town.

Another 70 mile day, we easily made Dowry Creek as most of the waterway was open water with few no-wake restrictions.  Boat ran great and the high winds from the winter blast have not arrived.  It is getting chilly, but the sun was still shinning as we pulled into Dowry Creek, just 130 miles south of Norfolk.  Carey fixed a great meat loaf which suited the chilly weather and we relaxed on board the boat.

Underway at 9 am we headed for Coinjock, NC, just 50 south of Norfolk, where we moored just after 3 pm.  Tomorrow the winds are predicted to increase to 30 knots and it is supposed to SNOW!!!  Maybe we came home to early.  If the prediction is true we'll stay here another day.  It's cool enough that Carey is in a sweater and Sophie is enjoying her thick coat.  The Coinjock area is simply a stop over between Norfolk and the Albemarle Sound, but has two restaurants, one named Crabbies.  We had a pleasant trip through the sound and are settled in for the night and for what may happen tomorrow. 

It's snowing and we are staying put!  It's a blustery, cloudy day and we're going to stay here, eat, watch old movies and let the weather settle.  Although it snowed all morning there was no accumulation.  It melted when it hit the ground, but the wind blew and it was cold.  Two heaters are working hard on the boat.  We're nice and toasty, and hopeful for spring to return soon ... like tomorrow.

You know it's Norfolk when you see ships ... ships ... and more ships as you travel up the waterway.  We're safely moored, with the heater on, at Ocean Marina in Portsmouth, overlooking a tented outdoor theater close by.  We arrived at 3 pm after a 50 mile trip from Coinjock.  Although windy it was an ok trip through Great Bridge Lock and the numerous bridges we had to navigate through the Norfolk area.  Just 130 miles from Colonial Beach, we'll try for home tomorrow if the 10-15 knot wind forecast holds true. 

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