One final blast with the direction finder telling us where to go!

So far the last 3 days our direction finder (also know as the wind indicator to some) has told us where to go.  It's either straight upwind or just plain, no wind!  The bridges in this area must enjoy driving boaters nutty as you really have to plan on hitting the bascule bridge right on time or you end up waiting up to an hour for the next opening.  With the current with us we even motored at 8.2 its for a couple of miles just to make it to the bridge!

For the last two night we have been anchored in Carolina Beach as the cold front came through.  Not too much rain but it is blowing hard now.  The cooler weather is returning tomorrow so for Thanksgiving we are going to head out with the tide and keep moving south.  Maybe I can spear a runaway turkey along the way!

We dinked into the public docks for a walk and to mail a letter out.  No wonder the Post Office is going bust.  We could NOT find a mailbox anywhere!  At the end we walked over to a Marriott Hotel and the desk said they would send it out with their mail.  How crazy.....

Carolina Beach boardwalk

Looking out toward the anchorage