DAMN THE PADDLEBOARDERS!

Started out the morning trying to pull off the face dock of our marina in a 3 knot current, while watching out for small fishing boats and swarms of paddleboarders. It sure did get the adrenalin going. The problem is, the PB's are hard to see when they are hidden by big boats, and just as you want to pull out, from nowhere they appear and are dangerously in the way. Our other annoyance today was waiting for 2 bridges that only open in the hour. It is hard to time that, so we did a lot of donuts while waiting. We didn't travel that far (54 miles) but it took 7 hours. There were several shallow areas with shoals, so it was slow going. Tonight we are in Swansboro, NC at Caspers. It is an old, quaint town dating back to the late 1800's. We took Dorsey for a long walk throughout the neighborhood. All in all a nice day, peppered with a bit of angst :-)