Today is the day. We cut the lines, figuratively, and started our adventure. Matthews Point Marina has been out home for the last nine years but is is time to move on. We have been dreaming, planning, and preparing for this day for a long time. Everything (almost) is ready, the weather forecasts are reasonable and our route has been planned, at least for the next few days. We are not going to get a weather window that will allow us to go offshore and head south so we have made the decision to proceed by going down the Intra Coastal Waterway, also known as the ICW, the ditch and a variety of other names. The first step is to leave the Neuse River and motor to Morehead City, a trip of about 24 miles. We fueled up and will spend the night here and get started early in the morning. We can only travel the ICW in daylight and have to plan for each evening to stop and be anchored or in a marina before dark. There are also a number of bridges to plan for since they have set schedules to open for boat traffic. Be a few minutes late and you have to wait until the next scheduled opening which could be a half hour or an hour.
We also made a short video of our leaving and posted it to YouTube. Check it out at this link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGuFFcBmFebD9B3ixo8P4Rw
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