To Elizabeth City
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Thu 24 Nov 2011 23:37
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To
Elizabeth City
 Beez Neez in the
autumnal colours of the Dismal Swamp, kindly taken by Old
Shoe
Time to move on now the weather has
improved and once again the sun has put his hat on. Not a long journey ahead of
us, just fourteen miles. The happy convoy of Ptarmigan, Old Shoe and Beez
slipped off the Visitor Centre dock at ten o'clock, through the open footbridge
and on down the Dismal Swamp.
 Beez Neez
rounding a bend, taking one of Bear's gentle
meandering curves to stay in the channel
 Ptarmigan and Old Shoe
trotting along nicely
     Moseying
along, through the bridge on request and on into the
lower lock
  Lock Master Al
and Miss Lucy welcomed us in, although unlike U-turn
who came over for a hug; Lucy just wanted to sniff about
     The lock gates
swung shut behind us, we settled for the rise and looked at the sign
- 1067 miles to Miami - a little way to go then
 Twenty minutes later we bade farewell
to Al and Lucy; leaving the lock behind
  Now out of
the swamp the scenery became what we associate with ICW travel, even a potential for the 'One Careful Owner'
  A rather handsome
tree I thought
 As a nippy night fell, I hunkered down wearing my towel turban under my hoodie and
kept warm with the computer charger under the bedclothes.
We passed through the 'bridge on
request' and almost immediately pulled into the free Elizabeth City Town
Dock at twenty to three. On the radio the bridge master asked me to give him a
ring. I did and he asked if we needed anything as he had a few supplies he could
let us have as emergency cover or we could walk over and borrow his truck to go
off to the supermarket. We thanked him for his kindness, telling him we were
'jus fine'. I tried to connect to the internet, four bar signal but no band
width. Even farther behind on emails and blogs; I now realise I will probably
have to get to Beaufort before I can get stuck in. Oh Well. The local landlady
has invited us all for a free turkey supper fest but as I had made cottage pie
en route, Bear said he would prefer that, well OK but a little concerning that
Bear should turn down fodder - and turkey at
that............................................
ALL IN ALL A VERY HAPPY
THANKSGIVING TO ONE AND ALL
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