Oriental, NC

We pulled anchor and went down the Pungo River, rejoining the ICW.  We cruised in and out of Belhaven, NC for a gander.  It seems like a pretty little town.

We cruised across the Pamlico River, down the Bay River, and down the Neuse River to Oriental.  I could easy spend a month exploring these places.

We went into  Oriental, and checked to see if there was any space available at the city dock.  There wasn’t.  So we crossed under the fixed highway bridge, and anchored in Green Creek.  35 01.512’  76 42.489’

Rudy took the inflatable into Oriental to walk around

About 3 in the morning, the wind dropped off to calm, followed by a 25-30 knot wind out of the NE at 4.  Our anchored held find, but it put me a little closer to the shore than I wanted, so we picked up and re-anchored.