On our way south

We're heading south on the Intracoastal Waterway, otherwise known as the Ditch. We now know why.It's a bit hairy with extremely shallow water on either side of a rather narrow channel that winds through rivers and canals. We've just crossed into North Carolina from Virginia after leaving Great Bridge this morning.We're hoping to reach Coinjock today - about 45 or 50 miles from our port this morning.There are few places for us to stop due to our 6 foot draft keel. The deepest parts of the ICW in NC are only about 12 feet with many 9 foot or shallower bits in between. It's a bit unnerving. Once we start, we're committed.

Scott changed the oil last night -something that has to take place every 100 hours or so on the engine.Our last oil change was in New York.

We met up with our Irish friends on Wendreda last night but they wanted to take a day and rest after a long night rocking on an anchor near Fort Monroe the night before.

There are several boats travelling together in this stretch. The bridges send crazy shivers down our spine as we cringe with our 57 foot mast under a fixed 65 foot bridge. You have to have faith someone didn't make an oopsy with the measuring tape.

We just bought a new camera and need to figure out how to upload pics. Once that's done, you can see the lovely wilderness along this North Landing River.

We love our enclosure especially on days like today when the wind is gusting up to 15 knots in chilly temperatures. Scott is wearing a toque and mittens and the rest of us are doing schoolwork and other administrative things wearing fleeces and blankies. It's warming up a bit though this afternoon. What a switch from 80F Saturday!