Anyway, we enjoyed a wonderful day at Bath, North Carolina, before getting here. We walked around the small town with our friend Fred, picked pecans all over the place, and finally settled down with everyone on Fred's boat for snacks, refreshments, and a round of stories. Tuesday before we left, we visited the visitors center to see their video on the area, check out some of the historical information on the town, and pick some more pecans. Or at least until they asked us not to pick anymore, oops, sorry.
World, this is everyone. From left to right, Scott, Kim, Fred, and the cute guy with the beard is me, now apparently the "polar bear". Long story, but I think maybe a rotund Canadian reference may be involved. We have had a blast hanging out with these guys for the past week, unfortunately tomorrow it looks like we will be parting ways for a few days. Hopefully we'll meet up again real soon. Absent of course is Serena who graciously volunteered to take the picture, or be omitted from it, rather.
We shared the dock with a few of these guys. 6" in diameter, and over 2 feet long, apparently they have a pretty nasty sting. I didn't touch them to find out.
Bath, NC is famous for being the place where Blackbeard the pirate settled down after his pardon. I guess he got bored with town life, returned to pirating, and was eventually hunted down and killed. Its not easy being the bad guy.
Okay, pecans. They are everywhere. Mostly on peoples lawns, but if they don't shoo you away, its okay, right? We ended up with close to a bushel, I think, and man are they good. Fresh pecans. Score.
Here is the first batch. Then we went back for more. Yummy.
Serena and I let Ray (the autopilot) sail the boat from Bath to Washington on Tuesday, while we spent 3 hours shelling pecans. We got two sandwich containers filled, and we aren't even half done.
Makes a mess of the cockpit though. Shells everywhere. And who knew, if you squeeze two nuts together, one of them will crack. No mechanical apparatus required. Thanks for the tip Fred.
We got a cute picture of Fred and his Nordic Tug as they passed us on the way up to Washington. It is such a gorgeous boat, and she has a great Captain.
It only took us 4 hours to get to Washington. A nice quiet sail. And the rumors were true, they have showers, free showers, and free docks. But very expensive laundry. Plus, as a bonus, they have free showers, I mentioned the showers right! With hot water and everything. Just making sure you got that.
It is shocking how something simple and insignificant in normal land based life can take on such praise in the cruising life. Free hot shower. Just typing it gives me goose bumps.
Today we walked the town, tried out a local Italian restaurant, ($12 including tip for two of us). Toured the historic district, visited with lots of the locals, and did a big shopping at the Super Walmart. It was another great day of adventure, and hanging out with our cruising friends. We really wish we weren't leaving tomorrow, but we only get 48 hrs free on the dock, and we probably should be moving along. I think we could spent a lot more time here, but there are so many other places we want to see, and we can't do that without moving along.
Onwards and upwards. Or in this case, onwards and southwards.
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