Very calm this morning. Cloudy, but quite a bit warmer. We got off to a fairly early start and ate breakfast along the way, so we were able to cover 65 miles.
Once again, I lucked out with the easy stretches. I had most of the long, straight, deep Pungo Canal and also the Pamlico River, which is deep enough and wide enough not to have to worry about. Roy got the shallow, twisty stretches.
When Roy came on in the Pungo Canal, he tried to turn the steering over to Charlie. Charlie immediately found the one and only bump in the entire canal. BLUMP! Fortunately, it was soft mud, so Roy got off right away, no problem. After that, he steered himself.
We reached the Fairfield Bridge at five past ten. Since the bridge only opens on the hour and half-hour, we figured we'd be sitting there for 25 minutes, but to our amazement, it opened for us at 10:15! That was very nice of the bridgetender. Then the same thing happened at the Hobucken Bridge. I guess there are so few boats going through this time of year that the bridgetenders are glad to have something to do to relieve their boredom. It was very lucky for us, because if we'd have had to wait, it would have been pitch dark by the time we reached Bay River. Instead, we got to drop anchor in the last faint glow of daylight.
Tomorrow we should reach Morehead City!
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