Morning dawned with rain clouds on the horizon. Red sky in the morning sailor take warning. That old adage is really true and comes from pre-Biblical times. It is true because the moisture in the atmosphere refracting the suns light give the red appearance. Some of the worst weather I've ever seen came after red sunrises.

We left the anchorage a bit later than we wanted but still before sunrise. The ominous looking clouds were a precursor to what was coming. For the next few hours we had drizzle, rain, showers and fog but none was so bad as to sow us down.We had sufficient visibility to continue on. We passed 6 other boats also heading our way.

By noontime we were near our destination and heading for Oriental to get fuel.

We got out of Oriental shorty before 1400 and motored on to Hancock Creek at Cherry Point. We found the channel and got to the dock at Cherry Point about 1515 and tied to. Bad weather was in the forecast for the next several days so we made sure everything was secure and then I rinsed her off to clean the salt that had accumuated from our trip down the Bay.

Shortly after we arrived my son and his family arrived to see the boat and then we went off with them to their house for dinner. Our young grand daughter Abby stayed over with us on the boat and Sunday morning we made pancakes for breakfast.

Here are Linda and Abby enjoying Papa's pancakes in the cockpit.