This is what it is all about!

Ohhh it was a GREAT run today. Yesterday was a pretty paltry cruise of only 8 miles. Today we ran some 51 nm! We left Cedar Creek at 8am under cloudy skies - still blowing 15+ from the NE. We had a favorable current down Adams Creek and not to bad a time running between the Turning Basin and Atlantic Beach high rise -- usually a torture from hell with all the small boat wakes. The expensive gas has certainly affected the number of boats on the waterway.

We just motor sailed along towards Swansboro our intended anchorage for the night. We had both favorable winds and current that sped us across and we hit the Swansboro Anchorage around 2pm. We decided to press on for Mile Hammock Bay so we would have a short day tomorrow. We got stopped at the firing range across Camp Lejeune but only had to wait 10 minutes till they let us through. The trip was not uneventful. It was slow going around Bear inlet and Brown inlet. We made Mile Hammock bay about 4:30pm – a good 1.5 hours before what I thought we could do.

The anchorage was not too full with only 7 boats already here but we were a pack of 5 more arriving. Most boats opted for the back side of the bay but I moved right into the loading ramp area and dropped the hook in 14 feet of water – I love this place – hook stuck first try. Jim and Barb came in and rafted up to us. There is a good breeze but the water is flat here.

As I walked back from the bow I saw the boat DIVA here.. What a small world. Carl and Debbie aboard Diva advised me on my crossing to the Bahamas in 2005. I crossed the Grand Bahamas in their company just before New Years Eve 2006 and had News Year dinner with them in Green Turtle Cay Abacos. They are continuing on to Wrightsville beach and will be there a few days so we can have a proper visit then.

It’s a beautiful evening here in mile hammock. There is nearly a full moon on a clear sky and NO light pollution. Time to get out some treats for the Thompsons and Ralph tonight.

What a GREAT day compared to yesterday.