Good bye Albermarle Sound

It feels good to have Albermarle Sound past me and be in the Pasquotank River. It was an adventure yesterday, but it went really well. It took me from 9am until 2pm or so. It wasn’t too bad, the wind died down and from 12 – 2 it was relatively calm. I have been thinking about crossing this sound for the past couple of days now, it’s been in the back of my mind and I was anxiously anticipating it. I had heard scary stories about it. It really was just a mental thing; paddling yesterday wasn’t that much physically harder then any other day. Yesterday coming out of the sound, I saw this huge building in the distance, I saw it for hours. Turns out it was a blimp storage facility. It’s one of the largest buildings in the world.


Here in Elizabeth city now. They have a big public dock here downtown. They greet each cruiser with a rose and a wine and cheese party. They are a very generous town. I explored a bit yesterday and talked to a nice fellow Dave who offered his boat for the night. This was great. Tomorrow I will start my way up to Great Dismal Swamp which won’t take that long. Hopefully in about 2 days here I will reach the end of the waterway which will be a huge milestone. Hopefully I will have fun going through the swamp tomorrow.