It was a great day to travel from Swansboro to Beaufort, NC. It was a short trip up the ICW so we tied up the boat and quickly ate sandwiches so we could walk around town. Three couples saw us dock and came by the boat--we met them all briefly at other marinas but didn't have a chance to visit with them then. We are all "loopers" so we meet and pass each other along the loop.
The marina has several courtesy cars, so we borrowed their old station wagon to go to Piggly Wiggly to get a few groceries.
We visited the maritime museum on Friday and it is great! They have found and recovered the pirate Blackbeard's ship Queen Anne's Revenge! No gold and diamonds treasure, but lots of history.
And the Beaufort area also had one of the first civil air patrol stations during WWII to locate German submarines and send the sub's position to US destroyers.
We met looper friends Dan and Jean from Time Out for dinner. We all had a good time catching up since we last saw them in Brunswick, GA!
We really enjoyed Beaufort, NC, but the prediction of high wind gusts and thunderstorms convinced us to move on to avoid traveling in bad weather. Saturday morning was really sunny and once we got 10 miles away from Beaufort, the winds settled down and it was a really enjoyable ride to New Bern.
We will be in New Bern for the next week to attend America's Great Loop Cruisers Association AGLCA spring rendezvous. It is all loopers talking about looping and boats!!
