After leaving the Hampton Rhodes area, and traversing to Coinjock for the renowned prime rib dinner (where we were fortunate enough to catch up with our friends on Sea Quest and meet our new friends, Frank and Sandy, on Growler) we headed for a reunion with Mary and her crew of long-term "boarders" at Dowry Creek Marina in Belhaven, NC. (as always, you can click on the position location above to see the location of the boat at the time of the entry you are reading).

We have posted pictures of the Thanksgiving dinner, which turned out to be a fantastic spread and a great group of cruisers and Mary's local friends. Everyone chipped in to make it a warm memory, with more than its share of overindulgence symptoms afterwards to ensure that you knew you hadafine Thanksgiving dinner! Really nice folks, too.

This morning is time for planning. We were thinking of braving the winds and seas on the Pamlico and getting to Beaufort NC sooner than later. If we wait, we will definitely not be going out on the ocean before the end of next week. If we go now, we can traverse on Tuesday. Decisions, decisions.

As always, the pictures of the trip are available on http://picasaweb.google.com/mcurreri/WinterJourneyNov2009# and all of the picture albums that are public are available at http://picasaweb.google.com/mcurreri.