Day 13: November 28, 2008

Port: Alligator River (35.68N 76.05W)

Weather: Winds were SW-W 5-10 with overcast skies. Seas were 1-2 feet decreasing to less than 1 foot by the afternoon. The temperature was 60 degrees F, dropping to the 30’s in the evening. We had some sunshine late afternoon that was pleasant.

Up early, we headed down the ICW from MM 50 to MM 102. A long day, we traveled about 52 statue miles. Nothing very exciting happened today. We took turns steering through the channel, the landscape an endless mass of dead trees mixed with some shrubbery and an occasional live tree. We believe the land is all marsh. There were hardly any houses at all. We had to hail one bridge opening at the Alligator River Bridge (MM 85), but other than that… it was a chug chug chug kind of day. We anchored at Deep Point in the Alligator River, along with 3 other boats headed south.

GWHS!