My last post was quite a while ago. internet has been hard to come by lots has happened.  we moored out at Broadhead creek on Saturday after thanksgiving in a beautiful spot we were surrounded by marshland.  no noise but a few birds around.  It was just us and the bald eagle.  We did have another boat we could see the Walter J. woke up next morning expecting to leave and we were fogged in.  I am not talking a thin fog we are talking pea soup type fog.  we checked the weather forecast and it said fog was going to lift by 10:00  so we waited.  At 10 still no lifting. Forecast was going to be bad for 3 to 4 days and we did not want to sit for that long.  Walter J pulled anchor and drove by he was going.  We talked about it decided we would go too we hauled anchor and left out of our lovely mooring spot via GPS exactly how we came in.  We were going to turn back if the fog did not lift. We were headed across the Abermarle Sound which is about as deep as Lake Carlyle but very wide so when the wind kicks up there are big waves.  We had 5 mph winds but thick fog.   For 4 hours we navigated through the fog.  Turned the boat around at one point to go back then Joe turned back and kept going Saw a black glove floating in water with fingers up that was creepy me out,  found out 2 days later there was a kayaker missing on the sound.  We knew we were coming to a point were the markers were confusing and it was going to shallow up. When all of a sudden we emerged from the fog and it was blue sky and flat water.  We had made it to the Alligator River.  Drove a few more hours and anchored out for the night.  About30 minutes after we anchored we heard Navy jets and they were flying low.  Come to find out we were right in the path of their practice bombing range.  For an hour or more we had jets flying low to the boat, we did not mind,  it was quite impressive.  next day we headed up the Pungo river  and onto the Neuse River to Oriental north carolina. free docks there no power or water but free.  on our starboard we had huge shrimping boats getting ready for fishing and on our port the town of oriental.  we were picking up our mail here.  i have to say we felt very welcomed here someone even drove us to the post office. stayed in oriental for 2 1/2 days bad weather we were expecting, gale force winds we stayed put.  sat in a coffee shop, the bean, and received tons of advise and local knowledge from men and women that have been cruising for years.  what a great experience, it was warm in there too, no heat on boat, so we stayed a long time.  left oriental during very windy conditions and headed back across the neuse river.  it was only 4 miles but 20 to 25 mph winds were coming from the northeast and we had 4 and 5 foot rolling waves, about 3 seconds apart, hitting us on port.  it is an adventure!