An unplanned stop ,we made a detour to New Bern from our anchorage in the icw at Adams creek. We left Wrightsville Beach on 5-2-10 with the evening falling tide getting outside the break water before dark. We had a very nice sail overnight to the Beaufort inlet in the early morning then motored up the waterway about 20 miles and anchored for the evening. We decided to go out of the way to New Bern where we could get inexpensive dockage if we need it to go back home. The town is real nice and so are the marinas. We are the only boat anchored out here, the first time we have had the anchorage to ourselves in a long time. The water is almost fresh this far up the river but very dark, almost coffee colored.
After spending a little over a month here we received an offer for a great position back in the Detroit area. It is with mixed feelings that we return to work and set aside this wonderful life style we have been living the last 2 years but we knew it would come. Time to repair, replace, reequip and save. Rapscallion II will be hauled for the hurricane season then return to the water in New Bern NC. as our winter retreat.
86.5 NM to Adams creek sailed 16 hours motored 3, 23 NM to New Bern motored.
