Once the northerly winds blew through, we could continue transiting up the ICW and up the Cape Fear River, through Wrightsville and Camp Lejeune and Beaufort and ultimately to Cape Lookout, just south of Hatteras.
There is a well protected bay inside the Cape (very similar to Cape Cod but much smaller area) and open area to anchor with good protection from the Southwest winds expected for the next 3 days.
This is where there are lots of shells both inside and outside the cape. We spent 3 days here walking the beach and collecting a couple buckets of shells.
A picture of the dunes taken from the ocean shore. The entire area from the dunes to the ocean is piled with shells thrown up here from previous storms. Most of these shells are old and worn and broken. Sue likes to walk the shoreline for the new shells.
I'm sure this beach is full of shark's teeth but we have never found one during several years of searching. Of course we don't use any sieve or sifting tools which apparently are the key.
Rivah enjoyed the short walks along the beach but her long walking days are over.
We have the shower bags on the deck heating in the sun but with the cool 70degree temps and brisk breeze we only braved one shower during our stop.
Soon it was time to take advantage of the break in the wind and move on. We made two long 12hr passages to get from Cape Lookout to Elizabeth City, NC.
