Dolphins, Blunders, and Oysters

We waited in BO-Fert until 10:00am to "ride the tide" south. We picked up our first of many dolphin pods in Morehead harbor. They sure are entertaining to watch. Mile Hammack Bay was the anchorage for the night. It sounded like a really cool place on Camp Lejune. You cannot go ashore or you will get shot or taken prisoner and might end up with "Dead on you". We got there eariler than we thought to find a Marina and bridge in the spot we had navgaited to-bummer! Lorrie hailed the Marina on the VHF and they replied that we were lost, but the good thing was, all the other cruisers got to hear it-rookies.
Godspeed motored into Mile Hammack Bay a couple hours later and it was a unique anchorage. Some poor soldier doing survivor training gave us no end to bad looks as we barbequed chicken from the stern pulpit. He had a cast net and no dinner, poor guy! At first light we weighed anchor, proud of ourselves for an early start and excited to get a jump on the other 25 yachts in the bay. As we turned into the channel we were last in line, how could that be! Rookies again!
Early afternoon we arived in Masonboro NC, and called Robert Point's (known as "Pidge" from Thayne WY) brother Judge. He isn't really a judge but he looks like one. We took a slip in the marina 100yds across the inlet from thier home. That evening Judge, Cris, and Cris's mother Renee picked us up for sushi. We arrived at an undisclosed location- the home of Mark and Karen's place and had a fantastic time. They have a beautiful place on the ICW, we laughed and giggled for hours and the food was great. The next morning Judge and Chris kayaked over to Godspeed for burnt biscuits and the fixins, another fine time. About noon, Lorrie's niece Karina and her children visited us on Godspeed for a few hours and had gourmet hot dogs and they made muffins.
While that went on Judge showered us with many useful items-spare dingy fuel tank, fishing rod, winch handle, too many things to list, but well needed, thanks Judge! About six that evening we went to Judge and Chris's for an oyster roast and Chris's birthday celebration. Another fine evening of southern hospitality in a beautiful setting!
The next morning we were sent on our way with brunswick stew, birthday cake, and a sunflower for Godspeed.