The True South

[Roger Long]

If there was any doubt in my mind that I have reached the true south, it evaporated during a fuel stop when I looked at the magazine rack in the marina office.

The subtitle, which is a bit hard to read in the picture is, "Soul of the South". I wouldn't have dared to make this up if I were writing fiction.

The fuel stop took about three hours, we're on southern time now.

 

[Tom J]

Makes sense to me. We lived recently in Engelwood, FL, on the Gulf Coast, and would some days spend time working in the yard, and then hop in the car and go to the county shooting range. Reminds me of how things were 50 years ago in New England where I grew up. Back then, owning a gun wasn't considered perverse.
Those Maryland Crab Cakes sound good, too!

 

[Tom J]

Did I mention that my wife shoots better than me, and she is a great gardener, too!

 

[Benny17441]

Yep, it will be that way until you get to Florida, then you'll think you are in a different country.

 

[Ed Schenck]

How long will you be in Bellhaven Roger? Will you get a chance to try the oysters at the River Forest Manor? We went in for fuel and dinner and they let us stay on the dock for the night.
http://riverforestmarina.com/marina.htm

 

[Roger Long]

How long will you be in Bellhaven Roger? http://riverforestmarina.com/marina.htm

It took about three hours to refuel which didn't incline us to try the restaurant but, on your recommendation, I'll reconsider. However, we need to move on tomorrow to get to a sheltered place for the couple of bad weather days coming. Maybe I'll try the oysters on my way back in the spring.

 

[Mookie B]

How far south are you going over the next few days, Roger? Forecast winds may make for slow going, but I hope you enjoy your time in the Pamlico, or Neuse if you get that far west of Adam's Creek!

 

[Forrest15112]

I must really be a (southern) redneck because the only thing I see odd is a recipe for 'perfect maryland crabcakes'. I suppose Maryland is technically south of the Mason-Dixon. The last thing you should skip in the south is dinner. It may take a little longer because most places here actually cook. You could have had exotic fare ( for a yankee) such as grits, cornbread, beans and rice, seafood po-boys ( fried shrimp on bread), and don't forget, mint juleps. I recall working in Groton, Ct in the 80's and went to a diner for breakfast. It was one of those stainless steel everything places. I'd never seen anything like it in real life before. I ordered breakfast and out of habit asked for grits and toast. The waitress proclaimed "We ain't got no grits" in a poorly managed southern accent. I had the 'home fries'...for the first time. I went there almost every day for breakfast and they eventually got some grits.

So Roger, slow down, put your coat away, enjoy life and have another mint julep.

 

[kloudie1]

Welcome, Roger ! Enjoy !

 

[Merlin Clark]

Y'all don't have good lookin women where you come from Roger?

 

[LooseDiamond]

Keep coming, you're getting there! Ha.

 

[Bob J.]

Back then, owning a gun wasn't considered perverse.

You're just in the wrong part of New England brother!

 

[kpgraci]

Well, there's the South and then there's the South, we're not all hicks and hillbillies. But I'll tell ya'll what, I could cut down on the number of magazines I subscribe to if I could get Garden & Gun deliverd to my trailer park.

 

[Tom J]

You're just in the wrong part of New England brother!

You got that right, but the sailing is great!

 

[jibes138]

Pierce Creek

Roger,
I highly recommend you stop at the marina in pierce creek in Oriental. Great Marina, fantastic facility and people, Ask for my buddy Lee Gardner. This is a good place to stay for the night before heading down adams Creek to Beaufort. It is a good day from River Forrest Marina in Belhaven, not much between these two spots for an overnight unless you tie up in Hoboken where they have a Coast Guard station.
The Marina in Pierce creek is 'Sea Harbour Yacht Club" Contact is Landon Winstead at 252-671-7115.

 

[Roger Long]

not much between these two spots for an overnight unless you tie up in Hoboken where they have a Coast Guard station.

We are currently in Hobucken tied up to the R.E. Mayo Company dock for $0.45 a foot (you read that right, that's a zero to the left of the decimal.) Nice folks, good dock, there is even a marine store if you need the stuff that commercial fisherman use and you can buy whatever seafood is passing through. They are primarily a seafood buyer.

We're probably stuck here today by wind and rain. There might be a window later in the day but tomorrow promises sailing weather and it will be the last chance to sail for over a hundred miles.

I hate to report it since the people here are so nice but the mosquitoes are about 10 times as bad as in Little Alligator River. Absolutely unbelievable. They say it isn't normal but has been that way since Irene dumped water everywhere. The high waterline on the shed next to the boat is about eye level when standing on the dock.

 

[Jimm]

I hate to report it since the people here are so nice but the mosquitoes are about 10 times as bad as in Little Alligator River. Absolutely unbelievable. They say it isn't normal but has been that way since Irene dumped water everywhere. The high waterline on the shed next to the boat is about eye level when standing on the dock.

Pray for a quick freeze

 

[sea_casper]

Meanwhile Back in NE (Groton/Mystic)

We're probably stuck here today by wind and rain. There might be a window later in the day but tomorrow promises sailing weather and it will be the last chance to sail for over a hundred miles.

When you were up here in October, the weather sucked, now we have been in the 60's with light (10-12) winds and gorgeous sunsets.
Sunset Pictures
I hope your weather luck turns for the better.

 

[Tom J]

Sorry to hear about the mosquitoes. When you get to the Moorehead City area, there is a great place to tie up for the night. It's called the Sanitary Restaurant (yes, that's the name, and there is a story behind it). The fee when we stayed there was $10 for the night, and you don't have to eat there, but we highly recommend it. A great chandlery is a short walk down the road.

 

[Binnacle Bat]

Here in Southern New Hampshire gardens and guns are not that odd a mix. My wife was uncomfortable with guns until woodchucks (AKA groundhogs) started treating her perennial beds and vegetable garden as an all you can eat salad bar. Since that time we have used hav-a-heart traps, chemical warfare, electric fences, waterboarding and small arms fire as garden implements, no different from the rototiller and the compost pile.
The admiral no longer bats an eye at the loaded revolver resting on the chair by the window overlooking the vegetable garden. Maybe next year we can eat our own Brussels sprouts?