Sunday June 17: Matthews Marina on the Neuse River

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We left Wrightsville Beach at 8 am (the bridge there opens only on the hour) after getting up early so we could bike to what could be our favorite breakfast place (I think I have said this before though :-)). Somehow eating a healthy seafood omelet with egg whites is not the same as a regular seafood omelet with cheese and hollandaise sauce. I'm not sure I'm liking this new way of eating ..... Anyway, we found a couple more rocking chairs to try out. Who know? It was surprising cool Friday morning and was the first time I've had jeans and a sweatshirt on in can't remember when.

 Arrival time in Morehead City Friday night was about 6 pm with the current against us much of the time. And windy again! The flybridge plastic is still up even though the temperatures ended up being in the low 80's. The wind in your face is definitely over-rated. Not sure how dogs with their face out the car window do it!

Matt, Wendy and Fozzi arrived Saturday late morning for the ride to Matthews Marina on the Neuse River. It's about 27 miles by water.

 But first an early lunch at the Ruddy Duck. I know - more food on the blog? Really?? I just couldn't help showing Matt's breakfast burrito that was HUGE. Someone said it was as big as his head - I think it might have been a correct statement :-)

 This day (Saturday) happened to be the annual marlin fishing contest. Many tourists around (we consider ourselves to locals wherever we go since we are always in our home where we happen to be ...) and we were very glad that we ended up going out to lunch early as the lines at the waterfront restaurants were out the door by the time we left.














The trip to Matthews Marina was mostly uneventful. Fozzi found his place on the flybridge and was pretty content - until we hit the Neuse River! The wind was still blowing and the river was kicking up whitecaps. When I turned broadside to the waves to make the turn north, Fozzi was sliding around as there was nothing for his feet to grasp. All was well again once I was able to turn with the waves.

A nice night spent watching Captain America (good movie). We are going to stay a while but at a different marina (in New Bern). This will be a nice place for some down time and some projects on the boat that we've been wanting to do since we left Florida.