Golfers in the Sky, Cops on the Ride and Fishermen up before Dawn

We left Osprey Marina and started up a long river channel passing Myrtle Beach, pretty houses, many condos, and many boats.

A golf course along the way.

Look up! It's a golf chair lift, taking golfers and their clubs across the ICW to the back nine.

This boat and boat house need a makeover.  Likely caused by a recent hurricane.  The regulatory costs of removing a derelic boat is great.  So, they are abandoned.  Unintended consequence?

Beach with an ocean view.  We are on the intracoastal, but can often see out to the ocean through the inlets.

We first met Ken and Teri on Roundabout in Grafton, MO.  We saw them again at Thanksgiving in Mobile, AL.  We had not seen them since, until we met up again in Oriental, NC.

See Blue Moon in the middle of TownDock.net web cam photo.  We stayed at the town dock in Oriental, NC. Wild Raven's yellow canoe is on the deck.

We traveled with Roundabout to Hampton, VA.  Here they are crossing the Albermarle Sound.  This can be an especially troublesome crossing, but we had smooth water.

One year ago - May 2014 - I had just retired and we flew to Norfolk, VA. We took a car to Elizabeth City, North Carolina's Pelican Marina, and started our Loop.  What a difference a year makes in ability and confidence on handling the boat.

This year we stayed at Elizabeth City's free town park wall.  The Elizabeth City Police Department hosted an organization called 'Law Enforcement United'.  Each year in May, members of LEU join together on a bicycle ride along the east coast and converging in Washington, D. C.  The purpose of the ride is to raise awareness and pay tribute to fallen officers.

Elizabeth City Police Department stand at attention as they welcome Law Enforcement United riders.

We also watched a park wedding ceremony that evening.  And, it was the night for the 8th grade dance and many proud parents were in the park taking pictures of their children.

Enjoying a fish dinner with friends, Roundabout and Wild Raven and Phillipe, we first met him in Oriental, NC.

That afternoon we enjoyed a visit to the Museum of the Albermarle.  Below is an iron doubloon chest, from 1700.  This is a traditional strong chest to hold valuables during the Colonial period.  The contraption inside the lid is the locking mechanism.

Other colonial era exhibits.

It's 5:00 a.m.  What's that noise??  We look out our bedroom window to see many boats waiting for the bass tournament to start.