Thursday, April 29, 2021.
Temp: 78/66, Humidity: 86/58%, Top Wind: SW 22, gusts over 30 mph 😬, Precip: none, Miles Traveled: 37
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The map says we’re near Whortonsville. The weather apps say we’re near Oriental. The mailing address for the marina is Oriental, so I guess that wins. But let’s go back to this morning. It was beautiful! We got up at 6:00 to make sure we didn’t miss our 7:00 bridge opening. We got everything ready to go, and were just sitting and waiting. At 6:30, a big boat came out of the fairway and moved to the bridge. We thought WHAT?! Can we go now? So Kenny went upstairs and got on the VHF13 to the bridge and asked when the next opening would be. He was told 7:00. Whew! OK. So then we watched the big boat tread water in the wind, and we were thankful we were still tied to the dock. It was breezy, so it wouldn’t be fun to have two of us going in circles out there!
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