Days 5 & 6 were pretty nasty. Lots of wind and rain. The rain finally tapered down to a heavy bone chilling mist late yesterday and today. This afternoon is cool and the wind has clocked around to the WNW to NW and dropped in speed to about 12 knots and gusting 16+.
All the transient boaters and Mary, the Marina owner, piled in to several vehicles and went into Belhaven for dinner last night. We dined at George's Sport & Oyster Bar, nothing fancy, but obviously a locals' favorite. Seafood was either grilled or steamed, no deep fry stuff here. Hatteras style clam chowder was steamy good, but a little heavy on the potato. The grilled Crab Cake sandwich was tasty, but not as spicy as I like it. I guess I should have ordered it with the Jamaican sauce. We all returned to the boaters' lounge for after dinner libations and conversation.
Day 7 - We're all sitting it out today hoping the Neuse R. will settle down as the winds decrease. The women folk have a group pot luck dinner planned for the evening meal.
