Cape Lookout, May 31 - June 6, 2010

We left Jordan Creek around noon and made it as far as Bonner Bay where we anchored for the night at Spring Creek.  No one else was around. We arrived in Beaufort after 6:00 the next evening and found a boat anchored too close to Stan's mooring to be able to use it. After several tries at fitting into the crowd in various spots on the creek, we went further back and dropped the anchor a little closer to the shore than we liked. We went out Beaufort Inlet the next day and arrived at Cape Lookout that afternoon. Pleasant weather - breezy and sunny, swinging on anchor for my 60th birthday. We launched the dinghy the next day and found that the motor was not working, so David had to row us to shore. We "drove" the big boat as close to shore as we could get so he didn't have so far to go.  After a couple of nice days at the Bight, we started our return via the turning basin. A large thunderstorm hit just as Adams Creek opens onto the Neuse River. We motored on through the storm. That night we anchored with a couple of other sailboats in Broad Creek. Pleasant and calm. We took our time and got back to our home dock the next evening.