Our trip today was 32 miles with a short distance through one of the most dreaded parts of the whole loop ... Hell's Gate. Here we are starting through what normally is very shallow water but we hit it at high tide so we had no less than 10 or 12 feet of water with the 7 foot tide.
As we came nearer to our marina we started seeing nice homes again as most of this trip today has been through salt marshes. This one had apparently brought sand in to make their own beach. 
When we anchor out Huen and Cricket have to take Doc for a dinghy ride to shore for his potty break and this morning they returned with a new pet for Ricki. This hermit crab is many times larger than the ones she had in Florida.
We got to Isle of Hope about 1:15 this afternoon in scorching heat near 100 degrees. Finally it seems we have left the smoke and soot part of our trip. Normally no-seeums are in this part of the country but we haven't seen any yet.
Lucky One went to another marina to get pulled out as well as get some of the new electronics calibrated. We met them for dinner at a very nice seafood restaurant overlooking the salt marshes.
Inside the restaurant was very neat. Looks like it was built to withstand any kind of storm that would come through here.Tomorrow we will try to clean the boat and wash the outside to get the soot off. It is also oil change time so that also will happen while we are here. The boat will be here for at least a week while we drive back to WV for a kid fix Monday. We plan to have a couple of our teen age granddaughters with us for a week or so after we return and start on up the coast.
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Looking forward to seeing you!
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