We cast off at 6:30am and had an uneventful, but long (10 hours) trip to Dowry Creek Marina. It was cloudy, cold, with wind on the nose. The thermometer claimed it was 65 degrees but it felt like 50...we were both as bundled up as could be, but we both packed thinking it was almost summer...wrong!!
But the scenery is beautiful. 
We were mostly on winding rivers and canals with few houses excepting when we crossed the Neuse River and later the Pamlico Sound. Both were reasonably calm today hence the trip was uneventful. Then up the Pungo River (I don't know why but I love that name) and into the Marina. 
Heron admiring the view on Adams Creek
Priority in her slip at Dowry Creek Marin
The Dowry creek Marina is run by a couple about my age (but mostly run by Mary, and a few dock hands) and it's a friendly, welcoming place. They have a happy hour every evening where the cruisers gather....this evening there were about 5 other couples, all but us on Trawlers and we sat around a table telling stories of our travels. One couple was halfway through "the Loop". They started in St. Louis, down the Mississippi and several other rivers to the Gulf and now they are going up the east coast, eventually to the Erie Canal and then down the Mississiippi and back to St. Louis. They've been travelling 7 months so far.
Another couple was a retired Cop and OR nurse from Greenwich CT on their annual "snowbird" trip, but this time in a new 40' American Tug Trawler.
All nice folk.
Tonight Robert is "cooking" gnocchi, which I think means unfreezing and then heating in a marina sauce. I'm not belittling it..its more than I could do! and I look forward to it.
Tomorrow we are off to Coinjock Marina tomorrow morning, famed far and wide for their 32 oz prime ribs! I'm very much looking forward to a fine meal.
Glad to hear you and Robert had an uneventful day! We have always enjoyed Dowry Creek, too. We fondly recall dining at Coinjock with you and Molli last fall. It was cold then, too! Hope it warms up for you soon!
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