With the first weather front past us we decided to make a morning run to Belhaven and get settled in before the next round of storms. We were able to move through the sounds and made great time. It was really windy when we docked. Once we got settled at River Forest Marina – they let us use a golf cart to explore the town. It was a Monday and unfortunately most places were closed. We found a great burger place Rt 55s and then headed back to the boat just in time to hear that a sever store was heading our way. It just missed us and had hail and high winds including a tornado. We watched it pass just to our south. Afterwards, we got a great sunset!
The next day we headed to Albemarle Sound. We followed a number of other boats into the sound and had to travel through another swing bridge.
We had met a couple in Fort Pierce and then again in Titusville Florida and we said we would stop in when we passed by. They are at Albemarle Plantation Marina. It was advertised to be 10 miles off the ICW – however, it was actually 27 miles. We came up on the entrance and mistakenly began to cruise through the tuesday afternoon sail boat race. We were redirected quickly by someone over the radio. We met up with Bill and Amy and had dinner with them at the clubhouse. They toured us around the facility grounds and it is a very lovely place. It will be a nice adventure to come back and travel the Albemarle Sound Loop. We just did not have time on this trip to do this.
Opps! Sail Boat Race 
Bill and Daryl 
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