Captain Vince on Footloose 5/4
Dave and Ruth on Oasis. 5/3
The Fabulous Fred Fearing
Alligator Pungo Canal. 5/2
Dowry Creek Marina Oyster Roast 5/1
The famous Fighting Nun. 4/30
The Gardens of Tryon Palace 4/29
Tryon Palace and Gardens 4/29
Happy Hour at Harbor Village Marina 4/26
Giraffes along the way. 4/26
Gerry has the Navy in the palms of her hands!
A Tugboat in the Wilmington port. 4/24
Yeh, 22 miles to Deep Creek, but how far until the next McDonald's?
A name like that just doesn't give you that warm and fuzzy feeling.
Loose, footloose
Kick off your Sunday shoes
Please, Louise
Pull me offa my knees
Jack, get back
C'mon before we crack
Lose your blues
Everybody cut footloose
Leader of the Rose Buddies, this 89 year old helps greet boaters at the free town dock. Wine, Cheese and roses for the ladies. Kudos Fred!
If you have to be stranded by the weather, this seems like a good place to be.
The Dowry Creek Marina outside Belhaven, NC throws a great community oyster roast and pot luck dinner.
Pat Dallas of the Croakertown store demonstrates his hand puppet. What do you expect for entertainment in a village with a population of 900?
M&M's Restaurant in Oriental, NC may seem pretty hokey, but lunch there rated 4 stars. 4/30
These Colonial Revival Gardens were created in the 1950's during a restoration.
Gerry toured this lovely home in New Bern, NC. Still thinking she is a real estate agent, she tried to get them to list the property with her!
It's not the size of your boat, it's the motion in the ICW
What happens if you've passed this sign and then they turn the flashers on ??? I guess that's what boater's insurance is for.
Blackbeard's ship, "The Queen Anne's Revenge" was found in the shoals of the Beaufort Inlet in 1996, about 20 feet below water. That has little to do with this picture though.
This is why you bring a digital camera wherever you go...
This historic town is well worth the 20 mile round trip detour of the Intracoastal Waterway.
The owners of L'Ancetre join Tom and Gerry at Wilmington's Cotton Exchange for lunch.
The Battleship North Carolina, in the port of Wilmington, NC. 4/24
Lots of shopping, nightlife and restaurants (including the one pictured here, Roy's).
Wilmington is a major working port.
