We awakened to the sound of rain - a wonderful sound when you can snuggle down and spend the day reading - but today's travel plan had us pulling anchor at daybreak to make it through the Alligator River/Pungo River canal. The goal was to get into a marina in Belhaven where we will lay over a day to wait for some gale-force winds to blow through tomorrow.
It rained all day today, and going through the canal of the Cypress Swamp was much more dismal than going through the Dismal Swamp two days before. We are tied at a beautiful marina, the first to open back up following the devastating effects of Hurricane Irene, which flooded the town 47 inches above street level. Most of the town is closed, as the stores all needed to be drained and repaired. We can still see the water line of the flood on some of the buildings.
Southern hospitality overflows! We peeked into a large old store, wondering what it might have been, and the lady working on renovating it came to the door, gave us the history of the building (which I gathered her family had always owned), described the damage of the hurricane, and her dreams for starting over. Where are y'all from? She quiried , and after explaining we were off a boat, she offered to loan us her car to drive around.
We are looking forward to eating out tonight, even though it would be difficult to beat Judith's cooking. it is always fun to eat where the locals do, and try the local food.
Looks like tomorrow will be the day to hunker down and read in bed!
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