Waiting for Parts in Belhaven

Today makes a week that we've been at the River Forest Marina. If you count the days we were anchored out in the Pantego Creek, we've been here for a week and a half. (At least the hook was free though.) We're waiting for the UPS delivery for today to see if the parts we need will arrive today. Then we'll still have to see if the engine can be aligned without hauling the boat. So there really isn't anything to report on that end.

On the positive side, we've had hot showers every day. Michele has gone out running three days this week so far, and we've also gone for long walks every day. Yesterday we even went on a field trip to Washington, NC. The dockmaster let us borrow his truck to go to West Marine (30 miles away) to look for a part for the shower sump. We were unsuccesful on that end, but did get some other errands done at CVS and Walmart. On the way back we even drove thourgh Historic Bath, NC. It's pretty cool driving by all the farms and creeks, passing huge cotton fields (some that haven't been harvested yet either), horses, sheeps and goats! It was extremely nice to get out of Belhaven for the day because there really isn't much to do here. Although, Belhaven is beautiful, it is a very sleepy town. There aren't any shops or too many restaurants. We did get some pretty cheap grub at the Farm Boy Restaurant the other day though.



We also ran into some friends that we met in Cape May and then say again in Solomons. Dave and Linda from Chimo II came into Belhaven on Monday and left early this morning. It was nice to know that everyone wasn't more than south than we were! They came over for drinks Monday night, but didn't stay for dinner because they planned to go to the Manor Restaurant. Since we had just eaten there on Sunday for their smorgasborg buffet, we declined the offer to join them. Besides, Michele made fresh pesto from our basil plant (the way it was done in Italy before food processors were invented). see -------------->


So, here we sit in Belhaven, me on my rocking chair at the Inn looking out over the water and watching all the other boats come and go and typing this blog. If we have any more updates, we will certainly keep ya'll posted!