Through Adam's Creek to Beaufort

After a slow morning we cast off promptly at 10am and headed out into the Neuse River. It was a clear, calm, warm morning with almost no wind. The surface of the river was smooth as glass..like the Chesapeake gets in July and August

Leaving River Dunes and heading out into the Neurse River

We motored across the Neuse and entered the Adam's Creek/Canal which would take us to Beaufort. 

Passing a tug as we crossed the Neuse

Oriental as seen from the Neuse

Adam's creek is tree lined with occasional houses along its bank, some small and unpretentious, some large and would fit nicely in a community of MacMansions. But mostly the creek was empty and peaceful and very pretty

Entering Adam's Creek

An Adam's Creek scene

Looking down Adam's Creek

Shoreline view

It took about 4 hours to traverse Adam's Creek and just before the end we pulled into a fuel dock. I"m using 0.8 - 1 gallon per hour (we motor at about 6 knots - so  I"m getting a bit over 6 miles to the gallon) and its been about 35 hours since we last refueled.

The Dock attendant was a nice fellow who talked and sounded exactly like "Mader" in the Car's movies. The kids would have loved him.

Just as I was pulling into the fuel dock I noticed two Dolphins along my starboard bow, but I was too occupied with docking that I didn't get a chance to grab a picture...I"ll get some pictures eventually!

In about another hour we pulled into Town Creek. The other two boats decided to anchor out but I"m not yet enough of a cruiser to forgo the pleasures of the boat's electrically driven heat pump and the comfort of being tied to a dock....but I'm getting there.

So I pulled into the Town Creek Marina that is adjacent to the anchorage

An hour later Greg Kerlin, a former IP350 owner who lives in Beaufort picked us up and drove us to his home. He and his wife Kate have a habit of befriending Island Packet owners and hosting them for wonderful dinners...Kate is a marvelous cook - this night she made chicken and eggplant parmigiano and Greg provided some very nice Italian wines to go with it. I was initially concerned that I might lose weight on this trip....not gonna happen!

After a very nice dinner and conversation they loaned us his car and we drove back to the marina...and so to bed