10/22/11
Off the hook by 7:15 as dawn was breaking. This eventually meant we needed to slow our progress to go through several different bridges; Surf City Bridge, Figure Eight Bridge, and Wrightsville Beach....This made for a frustrating day for the captain.....who likes to just charge forward.This phase of the journey had fantastic views of ocean front houses from a uniquely different perspective. We saw more dolphins, eagles and even a deer swimming across the channel right in front of us.The homes in this area are nothing short of spectacular. The charm of the south with the shockingly large mansions bordering the waterway are simply beyond description. It was fascinating to spot the ocean through one of the many cuts that lead from the ICW out through the marshes into the ocean. When we stayed all those years along the Carolina beaches for our vacations I never imagined there was all this beauty just a short distance away running parallel to the ocean.
Next, we turned in to Snows Cut doing 9.3 mph over the ground which spit us out into the Cape Fear River where we had our first "touch" right in the middle of the channel. But, we just kept going and did not "run aground". Another two hours up the river with a strong current of 3 knots we arrived in the port of Wilmington. A call ahead allowed us to have dock space on the floating dock right in front of Wilmington's River Walk. We spent Saturday evening and Sunday here enjoying Wilmington. It was a wonderful stop; great architecture, history, food, shops,churches, much better than we had imagined. Tomorrow we will take the current out and head to Myrtle Beach....
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