We left last Thursday evening for a nice weekend at the boat. We had earlier planned to take Robert and a couple of friends from school. These plans were put on hold because Robert needed to play Taps at a Veteran's funeral plus the weather was forecast to a bit "iffy". Regardless, Duane and I went anyway and had a great time. We set out early Friday morning for Cape Lookout - we were the only boat in the "lagoon"....you can vaguely see the boat anchored in the background. We took the dinghy ashore and tied it off to an old burned-out vehicle carcass.



Went for a wonderful hour-or-so walk along the beach...


There was a neat little sand-bar. Doesn't really show here, but you had to wade thru a little flowing river-let to get onto the sand-bar.




The sand-bar was made up completely of crushed sea-shells. Very pretty.




Forgot to snap a photo, but on our return to the dinghy, the vehicle carcass was almost completely underwater - the tide had come in....I waded out and untied it and we were on our way back to the boat - you can see the Cape Lookout lighthouse in the background if you get out your binoculars!!




We went on back to Oriental on Saturday because the dreaded weather was still forecast....and a good thing we did.


The fisherman-family next-door to the marina (Endurance Seafood) had lots to choose from. I got fresh HUGE scallops and a whole sea-bass. He cleaned the fish for me and gave the remains to his huge kitty-cat. Asked me if I wanted her "egg-sack" to fry-up...I told him I'd be bold next time....

The local grocery store had fresh asparagus for $1.99/lb...can't beat that with a stick!!! I roasted it in the oven and then put the fish in to broil. Note the melted butter - definitely not diet food!!



Really yummy!




Set your speakers on - and watch this little video. It's just a nice, smooth sail coming back from Cape Lookout. The wind noise is a little much, but you get the idea. Duane's reading, I'm just watching the pretty green/blue water go by....