In the morning, we finally figured out the thug sound. We think it is the military base training.

At 7 am, we pulled the anchor up and headed on our way. We waved good bye to Sam on Tidbit and sent each other pictures of their boats. It is always nice to get a pic of your boat. As we got underway, we saw several paratroopers in the sky!! What a great treat.

It was an easy drive for Kelly to do while Mike worked. Kelly doesn’t drive as often but not having Jen aboard she has had to do it more.

We arrived in Beaufort, NC midday and getting into the slip was fairly easy. Current was calm which always helps. We met up with our friends on Silver Linings and used the marinas courtesy car to go to the grocery store. The car was old with a lot of miles on it, so it made for some good laughs. We sent a cute video to Michael, it is posted below. A side note all jokes aside, we are truly grateful for the free courtesy car.

That evening, we had dinner with 5 looper boats (including us) – Silver Linings, Kittiwake, Wright Chioce, and Tranquility Eh.  A new friend, “Tranquility Eh!” is from Texas! It was fun to share Texas stories and listen to their journey.  Few loopers leave from Texas and have stories about going through Louisiana and Mississippi. Kelly was craving beef after having so much seafood so we ate Ribeyes Steakhouse. It did not disappoint!