- 46.4 miles
- 5 hours 20. minutes
- 8.7 mph average speed
- 1-12 mph winds
After docking, we took one of the marina’s golf carts to town. While in town, we ran into Becky and Keith from Cat Bottomed Girl whom we had met when we were leaving Oriental and invited them to join us for dinner. While we were talking at the dinner table, another couple who were sitting at the bar, Daniel and Donna from Syzygy, overheard that we were Loopers and we invited them to join us. They have done the Loop twice (Gold Loopers) and are on their third time around! We all had the most wonderful time and closed the place down at 8:00 with plans to all meet again for dinner the next night.
We all met at Belhaven Marina for drinks and were also joined by another couple, Katja and Sven from Rykher. We then went to the Mexican restaurant, El Mariachi. The marina had called ahead to make sure they were open so, when we got there, a server announced very loudly in the very crowded restaurant, “Are you the boat people?” The city manager was eating at a table nearby and came over to welcome us and tell us that they loved having “boat people” come through town. As we were leaving after our meal, we announced to the restaurant that “the boat people” were leaving!
