Continuing our cruise down the intracoastal, we are trying to visit towns that we didn’t see on our way north. This time, instead of going to the little town of Oriental (one of our favorites on the way up) we decided to stop in Morehead City which is just across the river from Oriental. Our travel day was not quite as long as we had anticipated. We left our Belhaven anchorage at dawn and had another uneventful (and somewhat boring) trip. The weather was just right – sunny and fairly warm. We are definitely not complaining about the weather and we’re noticing a warming trend as we head south!
We decided to stay at a marina in Belhaven so we could go into town and get some groceries though we are trying to use up what we have on board. But fresh produce and bread are always a must. Our first choice of marinas was fully booked because there are so many boats traveling south at this time of year. It turned out that they managed the town dock and invited us to stay there instead. This particular marina had few services including no dockhands but the price reflected that fact and we were fine with it. We tied up with the help of a fellow dock mate and made our plan for the rest of the day.
The grocery store was a bike ride away so Jonny, master grocery shopper, assembled his bike and took off. Lynn did a little cleaning but mostly relaxed and reviewed the trip planning that she had been working on during the cruise. Jonny arrived soon after with the groceries, but wait, the freezer needed to be defrosted before we loaded it up again. So Lynn got out her trusty hair dryer and proceeded to defrost the freezer – a fairly satisfying job as large chunks of ice broke off in response to the heat.
We planned to walk through town and have dinner at a somewhat interesting restaurant named Floyd’s. But we had a new dock mate who sailed in and introduced himself to us. We had him come aboard and heard his story which is always a fun thing to do. He was a young man from Long Island sailing down to Florida alone. He was quite the entrepreneur and regaled us with some of his exploits and accomplishments including the creation of an oyster farming enterprise. He also generously gave us a bottle of NY wine from the North Fork of eastern Long Island.
By this time, it was getting dark and we walked into town for dinner. Floyd’s was featuring a prix fixe German menu which sounded great so we chose that one. It’s kind of funny that the last two meals we’ve had out were German! Floyd’s was a very local and rather homey restaurant. Its two appealing aspect to us were that it was not located on the waterfront and it had an eclectic menu. We were very happy with our dinner and especially so because there was enough to take home for lunch the next day!
After heading back to the boat, we had another early night – Lynn is now engrossed in the critically acclaimed Nurse Jackie television series which Jonny is studiously avoiding!
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