Allgator River

Monday October 21, 2013
35 50.763 N
75 59.181 W

Did I ever mention that I am enjoying myself? We are anchored on the east side of the northern end of the Alligator River. Where we are anchored is total wilderness. We arrived late, about 6 PM after a long day, anchored, shut down the engines and watched the sun go down. It is now totally black. The only lights I can see are Bon Voyage's anchor light about 1/2 mile away and a light on the Alligator road bridge, about 5 miles away. It is still very overcast, there is no moon or star light.

A bit foggy this morning

Bon Voyage picked us up as they passed thru the Great Bridge lock this morning. It was cool and quite foggy in patches. We were heading East and when the sun appeared it was right in our eyes.

Since it was the first daylight opening for the day, a bunch of boats came thru with Bon Voyage. They all had to then sort themselves out. Sport Fishing Boats cruise at 20+ knots, Motor Yachts at 10-20 kts, Trawlers at 7-8 knots and sailing boats 6-7 knots. So for the first hour or so there was lots of radio chatter and boats passing boats in the narrow channel. Keeps the Captain pretty busy until all this is sorted out. Then we settled down for a long day to the Alligator River anchorage.

Our companion