Cape Fear River and Wrightsville Beach

We were lucky with current today.  We left St. James Marina at 9:25 just 30 minutes before high tide. So we hit the mouth of the Cape Fear River at high tide.  We were pushed north and kept finding high tide most of the morning.  We were really moving!  On the river we were going 11 mph. The mouth was a wide area and bouncy.  I sat down to knit.

I'm knitting scarf #2. 

This tow was pushing a barge just as we entered Cape Fear River.  We got out of the way and passed "on the ones."

Is there a good children's book about working vessels on the water?  We saw so many people doing their work on this sunny Monday.  

I wanted to show the width of the river.


A touring boat with several school classes aboard near Wilmington.


This dredge was one of three we saw working.



We passed the barge with crane just before getting to our marina.  Later we saw them moving a
gazebo in an inlet as we walked to the beach.

At Snow's Cut just past the main channel we were going 12 mph.  So fun.  Then we passed the Carolina Beach Inlet, and the current reversed.  In 200 yards we went from 12 to 6.5 mph.  We had had a good run though.

Beautiful hint of the Atlantic Ocean just beyond these dunes.

We slipped into a space on the face dock at Sea Path Marina and did a couple of hours of work.  George did some engineering, and I found and confirmed our marinas for Baltimore and Delaware.  

Around 4:00 pm we walked to and along the beach.  Beautiful and quiet.  We were last here when our son Hunter was attending UNCW.  He graduated 10 years ago.  That makes us feel old.

Happy to be here.  We will stay tomorrow too and really have a beach day.

George wading in a tidal pool.