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| Brian lowering the anchor |
Our friends from Untied, who anchored out, travelled by dinghy so we could have breakfast together. What a great shop we found, even though it only took cash. Since Monica needed eggs, we had a lovely stroll up town to a nearby market for four dozen eggs. We were slowed by the many buildings with beautiful architectural details, and for once, Linda was not the main picture taker! Mentally, we bought and restored over a dozen along our walk. On our way back to Splash Down we ran into Maurice, from Quotidian, who was just a bit down the creek from us. Returning to our boat, and with the help of Warren and Monica we talked through what our first anchorage would be like. Then, we pulled out and marked our chain on the dock.
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The historic Kinston Opera
House (missing a fourth floor) |
Afterwards, we met were greeted by Dale from the Lindy, whom Linda had talked with on the radio earlier the previous day. Dale and his wife (also Linda) are from Michigan. Linda was interested in their recommendation for a winter storage location. We got the full scope on that and much more about the various ports of interest in person. Brian was able to barrow a bicycle pump from the dock owner at Kingston to inflate all our round fenders in anticipation of locking through soon. (The pump that Brian had stopped working). At 1pm, we got the call to depart and followed Untied up to a terrific anchorage point. Truly a magnificent ride with delightful lighthouses and scenic vistas, followed by excellent instruction and guidance over the radio while Linda handled the boat and Brian handled the anchor, chain and snub line— for our first time “on the hook”. By 18:30 we were settled with beautiful views and a celebratory wine prior to dinner and a quiet night without any city/dock noise. We weren’t lacking for entertainment — recall the spaghetti westerns? Yup, we watched another after catching up with our sons activities.
