Albemarle sound ...conquered! 36◦17.934 N 76◦13.096 W

Well as all things are written in pencil, our plan to stay another day in Alligator River Marina was changed. The weather was not too bad this morning, so several of us decided to make our way through Albemarle sound. It was a bit rough, with 3 foot waves, but they were all on the bow so very doable. Nothing broken this time! 

We were greeted in Elizabeth City by Gus, who was incredibly helpful and very welcoming. 

Gus was also accompanied by another friend, sorry no idea what his name is, but he had the cutest little monkey named Ozzy. He was a bit shy, but his did smile a bit for the camera. 

The dock we are on was not long enough for us, we ended up having to weave our bow between two pilings while angling the stern into the dock. Once again,, my captain's skill came shinning through.

After we got ourselves settled in, we went for a walk through town. This is a nice town, with a nice museum which we spent the afternoon visiting.  There are a few interesting items in there. The first was this thing. Can you guess what it is? Hint, our son has a much newer model.

The second thing was this really cool flight simulator built in 1940. I thought Jim's dad would be interested in this one. It was called the blue box and was able to mimic, altitude, wind force  bank, pitch and speed. Pretty neat!

Anyway after we finished at the museum, we came back to the boat. We were invited to go enjoy a drink of wine on Barbra and Chick's boat, which we accepted. We then went out to dinner with them. A lovely day and a lovely evening. Tomorrow, we will start our way towards Norfolk Virginia. We do have to go through a couple of locks though, so likely to be a longer day.

So it's time for some rest as we are set to heave the mooring lines at 0730. Good night all

PS. Only 19 more sleeps