We made the trip north from Morehead City to River Dunes Marina - near Oriental, NC - in some heavy weather, but before the gale winds arrived. We knew it could be a couple of days, but it ended up being 5 days waiting for the weather to break. River Dunes is a lovely stop with a courtesy car to take to Oriental for provisioning. We found a farmers market and fish market, hardware store and groceries as well as West Marine. The marina is in a lovely hurricane hole with beautiful homes, a pool (not yet open - too cold) and places to take walks. The club house is great with a fire place and pool table, library and restaurant. They are very welcoming and had a Monday night buffet for all the cruisers who were stuck there with us. I didn't take any pictures on the rainy days ...
On the way to River Dunes:
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| Love the "sunshine" on this dock |
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| This seahorse in great fun! |
River Dunes resort and marina:
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| Launch |
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| Pool Cabanas |
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| The "Gas Station" for the electric golf carts |
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| The Garage for one of the houses |
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| Sunset |
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| A house and the chapel |
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| A fountain in someone's yard |
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| Deer in the woods/marsh land |
After 5 days we were ready to move on, and headed out to the Pungo river
to anchor. Today we went throught the Pungo - Alligator River canal,
20 miles of straight man made canal with swamps, forests and marshes
along either side. After passing north up the Alligator River we
anchored just south of the Albermarle Sound, ready to get up and go in the
morning. We plan to see Barbara and Ken Hyman in Elizabeth City
tomorrow.
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| Pungo River |
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| Commercial fishingoperation |
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| Pungo River anchorage |
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| Sunset on Pungo River |
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| Moon rise |
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| Cyprus stumps - these are the culprits that turn the water brown and give boats a mustache. |
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| Sunset on Alligator River |
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| Check out the jet streaks above the sunset |
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