Surf City, NC - 7/20/11 (pics 7/19/11)

Here are pictures from 7/19/11 (Wilmington, NC & Wrightsville Beach) that we were unable to load yesterday.

Breakfast at the local dinner.

Downtown Wilmington.

USS North Carolina.

Pretty homes.

More pretty homes.

Wrightsville beach.

82nd airbourne buddy from basic training, Adair Graham.

July 20, 2011

At 9:30 Moor $tuff & Quest pulled out of Carolina Beach and headed for Surf City, NC which is next to Topsail, NC.

This scene caught us off guard ....

Our run of 35 miles is ending just on the other side of this swing bridge. It only opens on the hour and when we saw we were not able to make the 1 p.m. opening, we slowed down to idle rpms but due to the tide, we were still pushed along at over 8 mph. We got to the bridge at 1:20 so we dropped anchor and waited until 2 p.m. opening.

We are in Beach House Marina which has a tour boat cruise .....

That gets attacked underway and actually boarded by pirates. They tie up the captain along with some of the passengers. What a show!

The pirate ship coming back to the marina.

Then they mix with the passengers for photos and were really good to the kids.

The beach was really inviting. Ricki & Barb sat in their beach chairs at the edge of the surf for awhile letting the water splash over them.

Surf City is one of those gems that you don't see anymore. Very 1970's with the type stores we used to see at other beaches.

Tomorrow we will (hopefully) pass through the Marine Camp unless there are water shelling or maneuvers happening.

Our position tonight is N 34 25.717 W 77 32.753