29 & 30 April
After we left Morehead City this is one of the vessels that passed us. You can’t really get a sense of how huge these tug and barges are until they are alongside you. We give them as much space as we safely can.
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We continued up the ICW to revisit River Dunes Marina, the resort marina we also enjoyed on our trip south. Again, looking at the weather, and trying to plan for our crossing of the Albermarle Sound in a few days we opted to enjoy the facilities here for a couple of days. The amenities include a hot tub/spa and steam showers which are incredibly awesome! Imagine hot water (as hot as you would want) coming from above, plus four jets of hot water surrounding your body and then hot steam enveloping your entire body all at the same time! Heaven whilst standing up! Add to that, decadent dining at the exquisite restaurant, and this off day was indeed rejuvenating.
Can we stay another day?
But no – as we are watching the ever changing forecast we will continue on tomorrow for 47 miles to Dowry Creek and then assess if we hunker down another day or continue on to Alligator River to prepare to cross the Albermarle Sound.