Day 3

Hi my blog friends and family,
This was our longest journey so far we travelled about 117 miles to our next destination ,left around 8am in the morning so we could get in behind a convoy of boats and time it right for two bridge over the canal openings . The first one only opened at 6.30am and 8.30 am and on the hour after that. After coming out of the canal we crossed through the Albemarle Sound, a big body of water near Kitty Hawk coast. I got to drive a fair distance and found it amazing that if you didn't keep on the narrow path between the red and green markers you soon registered very shallow water. A need to continually keep your mind on the job! We finally finished up in another canal called the Pungo River Canal and past several sailboats who were going at much slower speeds. At one point a catamaran ran aground as it got too close to the edge of the canal ,again the need to keep near the middle! The water in most of the canals is the color of dark tea, due to the tannins in the rotting leaves and trees that line the waterways.We arrived at 3.pm at Dowry Creek Marina. Rhonda and I took the courtesy car provided to get some provisions at the local Belhaven supermarket. We soon realized we were in the depths of rural North Carolina! The slow and ponderous speech of the locals and the cotton fields beside the road said it all.We had cocktail hour at the marina and met several interesting characters. Most were sailors and the staff at the marina. Great sweet pickles and egg salad sandwiches were provided for us.
So ends our blog for today.