A Blustery Day

Camp Lejeune   

Even before we finished watching The Greatest Showman last night, we had made the decision to stay put today in Mile Hammock Bay. The wind arrived around 1:00 am and whistled through the rigging at 20-plus knots for the remainder of the night. Crossroads repositioned herself nicely as the wind clocked around and we had a restful evening. The other boats all exited the anchorage by 10:00 and for a few hours it was just us and a few pelicans floating around. The wind continued to be strong and created small whitecaps in the anchorage. On a positive note, it also blew away all the cloud cover. It was a bright morning under a Carolina blue sky. The sun was warming up the pilot house nicely and I relocated to my little greenhouse for some reading. Warm was great, but the view wasn't too bad either. Thoughts turned to a couple of classics from my youth. Not having Winnie the Pooh with me, I pulled out Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims and began to read my traditional Thanksgiving classic.  

We checked off a few tasks and chores, and a little football was watched. I spoke several times with my chief elf as we worked together to get a little Christmas shopping done. As the day ended two sailboats arrived in the anchorage, rafted together. One was having engine trouble and received a tow to safe waters. By the time the sun set, the wind had died down to light and variable and we were still sitting comfortably in the same arc we had traveled all day. A few dolphins circled in front of us in the gentle ripples as daylight transitioned to darkness.

We will depart in the morning and head south toward Wrightsville Beach. If weather conditions stay as favorable as predicted, we will hop offshore and do a quick overnight cruise to Charleston and arrive Tuesday afternoon.