This morning, after washing a lot of easier-washing mud than yesterday, we decided to see if we could figure out where the two pontoon boats were coming from and going to. We went around the bend in Spring Creek, and saw a big house and dock. Then we turned around, passed our anchorage, and went up Long Creek until the chart said 6' of water, and turned around from there. We never saw any sign of anywhere on that end that you could put an ATV onto a pontoon boat. There were a lot of duck blinds in the marsh, however. I don't think any of these anchorages would be good spots during duck season.
We crossed the Bay River, joining back into the ICW, and cutting through the ditch, past the Hobucken Bridge and USCG Station into Goose Creek. We we entered the Pamlico River, which I have seen very rough, the water barely had a ripple on it.
We decided to go up the Pamlico River to the historic town of Bath, another interesting side trip from the ICW. Bath has an interesting harbor, and a free town dock, which had many NC boats tied to it, We tied across the end of the T, in 7.5' feet of water. The sign says free for daytime four hours, or register for overnight (free.) We decided to see the town, and then decide if we were going to dock or anchor.
Bath has a lot of good history, a visitor's center, and a lot of historic signs if you are walking around. It is an easy walk around a huge block going left, and then making right turns.
A puppy raced out and joined us at some point, and we tried to figure out where he had come from. We walked in the direction of one house, and he bounced ahead into the yard. We closed the gate. I hope it was their puppy! If not, I hope the dog water bowl owner isn't too upset sharing his bowl with an errant puppy.
We looked at the oldest remaining church building in North Carolina, and walked through a couple of cemeteries. I enjoy reading old epitaphs, and wonder what I would like mine to be. There are many old names, remembered by a few words each.
This old steam engine is near the base of the town dock.
The breeze was freshening as we left Bath, but we decided not to anchor in the harbor in Bath, where all the water sports had been taking place. We chose instead to go down the Pamlico River until we joined back in the ICW for a couple of miles and tucked into Slade Creek.
Slade Creek is a nice wide anchorage, where I believe you could get good wave protection from any direction, depending upon where you went in the creek. The moon is getting pretty full, and the whipper-wills were calling again.
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