Day 51, Saturday, October 24th

Elizabeth City, NC to somewhere on the Pasquotank River

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Somebody showed me how to use the washer this morning, so I could finally get this done. There were some weird navy boats docked in the marina, and one of the regulars explained that these are Vietnam river boats. Whoa? Are these the boats Ira, my buddy of the leg from Port Huron to Buffalo, did serve on?

I texted Ira the photo and he confirmed that these are the deathtraps they were cruising the river with. With six people on each boat!

Next I walked into town to visit the farmers market where I got bread, cheese, spinach and tomatoes. I walked up to the coffee shop, but on entering I found it so hot inside that I changed my mind and walked back to the harbor.

They had a pretty replica of a ship of Elizabethan times, called, guess, 'Elizabeth'.  I wonder if there's something about that name.

I chatted with one of the 'Rose Buddies', the elderly men greeting and helping the boaters, and learned that old men in North Carolina can have pretty progressive attitudes. Lunch was crab cakes, and it came from this:

Delicious, and the cakes were big and full of crab meat.

It was time to leave to position myself close to the Albemarle sound, which is famous for being rough when a wind blows. I sailed south for a couple hours, passing a blimp manufacturer, and anchored somewhere in the Pasquotank River, close to where it joins the Albemarle.