October 21st- Belhaven to Hobucken/ R.E. Mayo, NC

We had planned for a short day so had a leisurely start. After Ollie’s morning walk, we headed over to River Forest Marina for diesel and water.

Today we passed through a few rivers and ended on a canal off Goose Creek. R.E. Mayo is a commercial shrimpboat dock. The dock is ok. The seafood is outstanding! The dockage rate is 40 cents a foot which is also outstanding for a cheapskate like me. Shrimp for dinner tonight. Red snapper in the near future. We also picked up some New Bedford sea scallops that somehow cost less than when we buy them in New Bedford.

Today turned out to be a big engine maintenance day at the dock. I had a growing list of things to do. Engine work starts off by unpacking about half the boat. I did an oil change and checked over a number of things. One of our engine mounts vibrated loose. I tightened down the offending mount but am not too sure about the engine alignment now. We’ll see how things go on the way to Beaufort.

View off the back porch.

Evergreen docked at RE Mayo Seafood.