The good Life at Coinjock NC

 Coinjock NC is just one of those places. It is ideally situated from Portsmouth Va by 50 statute miles. Given bridgeslocks and slow speeds, it is a very common first stop south along the ICW. It is really no more than a wide place in the water, but we do like it. Side ties, good service and a great restaurant, What more is there? Talking with the dock master, they have been full for several weeks and the day we were there was no different. We were sandwiched in between two 90 footers. The dock had all sorts of boats from the really large with multiple crew members to some you have to wonder if they will float for much longer. The mood is generally upbeat and friendly as folks mix it up in the dock, wash the boats  take on fuel and generally ruminate about worldly issues such as the weather, tides and each other. All in all my kinda of place.  We always see such an assortment of boats that leave Norfolk & Portsmouth that will soon spread out, but for the moment, all still scrunched together. We hailed this fellow on the marine radio to coordinate us passing them ( they are going 6 kts, we are going 8.5 kts, we are quite the speed demon). As we are going by Jeannie hails them to let them know we think their boat is pretty and would like to take a picture, the crusty captain calls back and says go ahead but let him pull his zipper up first. You really cannot make this stuff up.

We love fresh wild caught shrimp so it is always fun when we start seeing the shrimping fleet. This ole girl we saw last year.

 Our next destination is an anchorage at the end of the  Alligator-Pungo Canal, in the north Pungo River. A quiet and serene place with good holding and protection from the wind from all directions except maybe the south. We dropped our anchor in 12 feet of water and put out 110 ft of chain and deployed our snubbers. Then we had a great dinner, fine drinks and enjoyed  the solitude.

 There were 5 other boats in and around the area as you can see a few here. There are no lights from cities or homes, just marshes and woods.

This night we had a full moon which gave the place a special feel. Ahhhhh!!