Friday October 26: Southport NC: Waiting for Sandy

The park at the marina yesterday was really nice - not many people around but maybe we're just past the prime season. The forests were really fun - there was actually less light coming through than this picture shows. Very foreboding looking as we rode by on our bikes.

Roger and Carol from 'Legacy' joined us at the local favorite (according to the park ranger) for breakfast. It was nice getting a chance to meet them.

After we returned to the boats, we again used our sliver half/cell to check their boat out for stray currents - DC mostly. I figure the more times we use this thing the less cost per use it becomes. We've learned this from our daughter Becky :-)

The 10 mile trip down the Cape Fear River (whose name itself inspires fear!) was very fast as we timed our leaving with the currents in mind. Picked up a rental car yesterday and will be on our way to DC tomorrow to watch Matt (and his brother Tim) run in the Marine Corps Marathon. A total of almost 47,000 runners between the marathon and the 10K.

In the meantime, we've prepared 'Yesterday's Dream' for the upcoming storm Sandy as well as being left (again) for a few weeks. What that means is to double tie all lines, fold up the bimini canvas and basically tie down anything that can be blown away! The docks we are at are floating and the poles have another 10 feet above the high tide line so we should be good to go.

Part of the day was spent checking the rest of our bonding system (so no more corrosion of the shaft). Lots of time spent in too small places :-)

Anyway, we are now good to go.

The sunset wasn't really a sun set as we hadn't seen the sun all day! But the sky was pink at night which is supposed to mean 'sailor's delight' - not sure what it means tonight!

Up early and off to DC to watch Matt and Tim. Becky arrives late afternoon from LA and we'll spend until Tuesday in DC - maybe getting blown away - we'll see. White House and Pentagon tours scheduled for Tuesday. Hopefully we'll be able to do them.

Then a road trip to Ohio for a few weeks. Back to the blog when we return mid-November!