N.C. Adventure #2

Just because a marina advertises that they have Wi-Fi available, it doesn't mean FREE Wi-Fi. So when we can find a free signal, out it goes.

Thursday, we left Oriental Harbor at 10:30, heading for Cape Lookout. About 50 miles. We followed the ICW part of the way.

A lot of this area looks like a river. Complete with barge traffic.

We found our way out to Cape Lookout. It's the southernmost point of the outer banks. There's a hook at the point, and we anchored inside that hook across from the light house near a Coast Guard cutter.

We watched as the Coasties lowered their large Zodiac over the side. Last time we saw something like this, we were in Charlotte Harbor, and the CG motored straight to us on our sailboat, boarded us and did the usual inspections etc. So we expected the same. We don't have the proper documentation on this boat just yet, so I was starting to think up a suitable story. When we looked back to the Zodiac (complete with machine guns) the Coasties had dropped one of their own over the side.

Next.........................they were wakeboarding behind the Zodiac around the cutter. Your tax dollars at work.