Bellatrix

5 October 2015

Oriental, NC (still) 

Happy Birthday to my son Nicholas!!!! (tomorrow).

Well, we are still in Oriental at Whitaker Pointe Marina, day 5. Rain and wind with 35 mph gusts. The piers are under water a foot, they turned off shore power yesterday.

This marina is only 1/3 occupied. Their are about 50 slips. A 40 foot slip sells for $80,000 and op fees are $1800 per year. There is a small pool, a nice clubhouse (no bar) and beautiful grounds.

We are reading, watching movies and walking Bella. The mosquitoes are having a field day with all this water and relatively warm weather. The sun has poked out from time to time. Bella is enjoying running through the puddles.

We did engine fluid checks, cleaned the bilges, repaired the toilet, and other minor repairs and house cleaning. Bella got a haircut. BORED!

We did go to dinner the other night and had gone grocery shopping the day before. We may go to a nautical consignment shop to get a step stool, the boat gunnel is about a 5 foot jump to the pier.

We are still hoping to move tomorrow as the winds move more northwest and the rain in predicted to stop for the next few days.

A leap of faith