Auntie Em! Auntie Em!

There is some serious weather here in Wrightsville Beach tonight.

I took some pictures as we were walking back to the boat from supper... I'd love to show them to you, but the blogger gods refuse to assist.
Just know that it is really cool-looking. You are missing out.

We left Wilmington this morning at 11 after visiting the farmer's market- I got a yummy sample of key lime from Mike the Rita's salesman before heading over to my Wilmington coffee shop of choice: Port City Java, for a really good iced coffee :)

On the walk back to the boat, I got to give a singer/guitar player a dollar FOR SINGING ME A SONG- you see, that's how it works.
This particular entertainer was singing a song called, "What Kind of Cat are You?"
..."What kind of cat starts a chemical reaction?"
To which a few obscure voices answer "CAT-ALYST!"

...seriously.

The trip from Wilmington to Wrightsville takes approximately 20 minutes.
via motorized vehicle.
It took us a mere 3 hours.
Lovely trip though- beautiful scenery!

Tomorrow we're headed to Beaufort... pronounce that like BOW(in your hair)- fort. Not to be confused with the SC version...

We're gonna stay in the ICW tomorrow- it's supposed to be crazy-windy tomorrow, the ocean would not be a friendly place.

Hope this post finds you well. Hugs all around!

Play me a song and I'll give you a dollar!

We're in Wilmington! I've never been here before... and I don't know what I was expecting, but I certainly was not expecting a charming little historic town!

Wait, let's back up to yesterday- a very long day on the water. We left Georgetown a little earlier than usual and it took a whopping 13 hours to get into Wilmington. The ocean was already a little rough, then 2 storms managed to find us around 2:15 in the afternoon...



We had to circle outside the Cape Fear inlet for an hour before we came in because the weather was so bad that it was impossible to see any markers or oncoming traffic.

This morning brought a BEAUTIFUL day! I went into town and found a great coffee shop- Port City Java. Yum-oh! and then wandered around town before meeting up with Alice to find some groceries. On the way back to the boat, we found a Rita's!! no joke! Life is good!



Mango and Watermelon- like Sunset in a Cup!

I'm back at the same coffee shop from this morning... the wireless at the dock was touch-and-go. As I was crossing the street to get here, some crazy woman asked me for a dollar "for a slice of pizza," she claimed... karma must have heard me decline this woman's offer to take my hard-earned dollar and decided to kick my ass, because it wasn't a second after I said it that I busted my toe on the curb... blood everywhere.

"Everyone makes mistakes," she said.
...to which I replied, "yeah, I still don't have any cash."