Today is much shorter day, planning on a 45 mile journey down the North Carolina ICW waters that run just inland of the barrier islands.
Much of this leg runs through wide open waters of Bogue Sound which is only a couple feet deep. We have to stay carefully within the dredged ICW path. The ICW does narrow down to basically a canal in several spots. Generally there are houses on the western shore and open spaces and islands on the east. Here we passed a camp on the eastern shore only accessible by boat.
By noon we were passing through the Camp LeJeune area. The ICW runs through a "Firing Range" on the base and occasionally it is active and boats have to stop and wait. No problems today. The red and white water tower is a familiar landmark. We dont remember the cell tower being next door in previous trips through.
Another day, another sunset. We had an easy transit today with temperatures again in the 60s and light winds. We were anchored in this protected bay, built courtesy of the US military, along with 7 other fellow transiters.
