Since we were feeling pretty good and as we were anxious to make up time, we continued moving northwards on the ICW stopping around 10:00 am at Oriental. We were fortunate to be there early in the day and found a spot at the public dock to tie up. Once secured, Harry asked how deep it was under the keel. As the depth sounder indicated 2 inches less than our keel, we moved Juno to another public dock which had a bit more water and went ashore in search of shrimp. We found the office and the owner manager who was sitting amongst numerous game he’d shot - deer, bear, buffalo, ducks, geese, mountain lion all the while he was getting a pedicure and informed us that they only sell shrimp retail onThursdays. This being Tuesday we were out of luck so we got a bagel and coffee and stopped in a nice marine supply shop before departing about an hour later. We then had a nice sail up the ICW and stopped in Slade Creek off the Neuse River near mile marker 140 having travelled 60 miles on the ICW. We were close to one other power boat on anchor but never saw anyone, only several duck blinds and a few homes as we entered the creek.
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| Juno back on the Intracoastal Waterway |
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| Another stunning sky |
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| Quaint Oriental North Carolina |
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