Elizabeth City was a fun two day stay and then we left with a fleet of 6 boats for the 7:30 bridge opening to go up the Pasquotank river and into the Dismal Swamp. Traveling the Dismal in the spring is beautiful. The trees growing right in the water, the lush greens and the turtles and snakes we saw along the way were intriguing. Most of the other boats pushed on through to the end and we elected to stop at the roadside visitor center for another free dock and also to deal with an overheating problem. We sucked something into the raw water intake for the engine at the lock and it cut off the water flow. So we had to take it apart and use a hose to blow the stuff out the other end. Seemed to work.
Rich on the sailboat Nessie pulled in behind us and we were treated to a bagpipe serenade in the evening.
On shore we walked across the pontoon bridge to explore the Dismal Swamp state park. Nice trails and a boardwalk to walk. There were also scads of ticks. After admiring the beauty of it all we had to de-tick each other. Christopher had a whole community scurrying about his socks and shoes. We'll try not to bring any home! I feel kind of bad whining about a few ticks when i think about the slaves that worked under George Washington's company to hand dig this entire canal. Hard to imagine.
One of the odd sights we saw along the way was someone's target for shooting practice. As you can see in the above picture the target is not meant to improve skeet shooting skills...
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