Monday has never been my (Vi's) favorite day of the week and today was no different. We left Casper's Marina in Swansboro about 6:45am and moved right on through Camp LeJeune. Even made both bridges without too much delay (and with a little help from the bridge tender at the Surf City Swing Bridge). But from there it went downhill. We had planned to anchor at Sloop Point which according to Capt. Bob's Cruising Guide is an okay place. Forgetaboutit!! Channel is very narrow and only 6 foot (or less) in some places. Since it was only 12:45 we had plenty of time to check out both anchorages there, right? Wrong, we ran aground at one and couldn't set the anchor at the other. Then we ran aground again trying to get back into the ICW. Bless Phil's heart he figured out how to get us free from both groundings so we didn't have to call BoatUS.
We finally made it to Harbor Village Marina about 3:45. It's a private marina that rents transient slips IF you call ahead. They don't answer the radio and sometimes not the phone so it's a little dicey getting a reservation. It's a really nice place but doesn't cater to the public; no place to get anything but ice and nobody to unlock that. Needless to say we'll try to plan better coming back in the spring.
To finish this Monday just right, I lost all the pictures that I took today while uploading them. Oh well, tomorrow is another day.
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