We were quickly into the famed Alligator-Pungo canal, a 28 mile long, 100 foot wide canal that runs straight like an arrow from the Pungo River to the Alligator River, which we reached 4 hours later. From there it was a two hour run to the Albemarle which happily was calm and quiet today and then into the North River which led us to Coinjock - 11 hours after we started today journey
We had a bit of excitement just before coming into Coinjock...a tug pushing a barge holding a large part of a bridge
Was coming down the North River as we were going up. We called ahead to the tug operator asking him where he wanted us to be to stay our of his way (he has very limited maneuverability so it's incumbent on us to stay out of his way. We scooted to the inside part of a curve as he swung around the outside part of the curve...we passed without incident
Coinjock Marina was just a bit further on
You can see the office in the background with boats lined up along the dock..we went past, turned around into the current and found our place in the line of boats.
After briefly tidying up we went into the restaurant and partook of the. Main Event - a 32oz Prime Rib! (Robert only had the16 0z portion)...As before it was wonderful...I only took a small portion back to the boat to have for lunch tomorrow
We haven't yet decided whether to stop off in Norfolk tomorrow or continue on through to Baltimore (which means an overnight trip up the Chesapeake Bay)..We'll look at the weather tomorrow and make our decision while underway
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