The day's journey was from Swansboro to Wrightsville Beach NC. As is often the case, timing the opening of bridges determines the length of time we will be traveling. The charts tell us the opening schedules of the bridges (every hour on the hour, or every hour and half hour) We got lucky with the first two bridges today, had a half hour wait for the third bridge, but missed the fourth bridge opening by three minutes, and had to wait an hour! depending on the current, waiting around a bridge, often with other boats, can be tricky, so it is easier to figure the timing and just slow down, and keep moving forward, than to hurry up and wait. A lesson in living here??
As I am writing this, Kev is studying the weather, tides, and charts for tomorrow's journey. We are hoping to find all elements favorable to go out into the ocean, and shoot down more directly to Charelston. If we go out, I will be "off the air" for a couple of days. stay tuned!
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