The day before, a center console boat docked in a spot that would make it nearly impossible to get out of our slip. Mike and Kelly didn’t sleep well stressing about how to get out of the space in the morning because we wanted to leave early. We try to get out of slips early before Mike starts work. Luckily, someone was on the boat in the morning and agreed to move it for us. Kent and Katie on Silver Linings, helped us get out. Pulling the boat out of the slip is tricky to make sure your swim platform doesn’t swing into anything. Water was calm, like it usually is early in the morning, and we got out just fine.  Thank you, Katie and Kent!

Our trip was a welcoming cool weather. Sometimes it is nice to put on a sweatshirt! We had few bridges which Mike usually does.

We arrived at Belhaven Marina around 5 pm. It was a face dock (parallel parking) with no one there. We were easily pulled up and tied off. The marina is a cute marina. The owner is friendly and helpful. He provided good guidance on docking which doesn’t usually happen. The showers were decorated which is rare and had free towels, also rare.

We ate dinner at Spoon River which is said to be one of the best restaurants in North Carolina. Funny that it is in such a small town of only 1600 people. The was empty except for this restaurant. It was packed. The owner showed us to the wine room for us to pick our wine while we waited – nice touch. It was fun to see the bottles and look them up before we decided. The food was great, and the restaurant is nicely decorated.  On travel days, we don’t eat much so we were hungry for dinner!