I awoke in the creek with the first glow. The netting over the companionway was covered with mosquitoes intent on one thing... getting at me. I kept down below, had breakfast I had stashed the night before and cat napped. When the sun chased the bugs away I climbed out and wiped down the rainwater that had washed away the salt on deck. It was cool and clear with the wind coming out of the southwest. I fished a bit to no avail and decided to head out. We tacked up West Thorofare Bay that ran by Cedar Island and the largest salt marsh I think I have ever seen.
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| Best to keep going... |
Reached up Long Bay and into the Old Canal (also known as Indian Ditch). Tacked about ten times down Turnagain Bay until it opened into the Neuse River.
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| Indian Ditch |
I decided to go over to Vandemere to check out the B&B boat shop and Graham Byrne, the designer of the
Florida Everglades Challenge-winning Core Sound boats. The wind was back SW and as I reached NW I noticed a large brush fire in the distance.
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| Rain on the Nuese |
It appeared to be just before the Bay River where I would turn to port. As I made about 6 miles across the mouth of the Neuse it appeared that the fire was coming from the Vandemere direction and smoke was funneling right down the river. I opted to bear off west and make it for Swan Creek where we had anchored the first night. I followed my earlier track over the bar and settled in.
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