Rendevous, Back Home, and North Carolina

We left Charleston on April 23 and stopped in Georgetown, SC for one night and then on to North Myrtle Beach, SC for the Looper Rendevous. Rendevous was great and we met a lot of new loopers and had great sessions from speakers describing the next portion of our trip all the way to the Tn river. After the rendevous we rented a car and traveled back to Tn for a week. We got to see family and friends and Jamey flew in from Houston to visit for a couple of days as well. Water was up on Tn river by @ 17 feet and we lost the flagpole on our dock at home when a huge tree took it under. It was good to be back home for a few days.

We returned to Here and Now and departed on 5/9 to Southport, NC then to Surf City, NC and now we are in Morehead City, NC at ICW MM 205. Weather has been a little windy and cool but we have traveled around 50-60 miles a day and will be here 2 days and then plan to make Norfolk by this weekend. We had a few skinny spots along the way.....but did not touch bottom as a number of other boats have through this stretch of the waterway. Along the way we saw the US Marines as we passed Camp LeJune doing drills and the Navy jets strafing old targets...lots of noise. It was neat seeing these young folks doing their jobs and training to serve our country.

We are doing a lot planning for the next few weeks as we will be exploring the Cheasepeake Bay and have to pick our stops as there is just too much to see for the time we have to spend there. We are now in a move mode and travel 4-6 days per week. We are looping though and are not schedule driven on a day to day basis...just have to keep the big loop picture in mind and make sure we get out of the north before cold weather sets in.   Later....a few more pics......