One more night

This morning we left Cherry Point and journeyed up to Belhaven, NC. The trip was a very short 60 miles. Tomorrow we need to do 80 miles and we will be in Coinjock, NC. That will be the last stop before we get back to Oxford, MD where we started on Dec 4. This trip began then and we have traveled probably close to 2500 miles and after one more stop we will be back where it all started.

Our northbound travel began in the Exumas after leaving Georgetown and though we knew that we were headed back, we had lots more to see and do in the Bahamas. But crossing back to St Augustine and then the passage back to Beaufort crystallized the idea that we were headed back to the land of no palm trees and cold. 

As we traveled south there was excitement in every mile as we raced to escape the cold and the dreams of new places to see. Now, it's all places we've been, everything is old and the warmth of summer will mask the return to familiar places.

But each mile is still another mile covered through the self-reliance that has gotten us this far and will drive us forward to many new places and adventures.

So tonight we enjoyed meeting new friends at Dowry Creek where they had a holiday pot luck and happy hour before an early morning departure to Coinjock, the last stop before returning to Oxford and a respite to do repairs and take care of our medical needs for the year.

   

We just need to remember this isn't the end but just another passage.