"Dyahappentohaavefavedollarsfomakeoseene?"- Excuse me? I don't understand a single word. I really have to work on my North Carolinian. We have just arrived at River Forest Marina in Belhaven, NC, after a beautiful day of sailing down the Alligator River-Pungo-Canal. Well... motoring. But we really did sail the last 20 minutes! Although it stayed in the 50s all day, the sun really heated up our cockpit and made the six hour cruise quite pleasant. The only thing we were worried about was the 65-ft-bridge. We were thinking about filling the dinghy with water and hanging it from our 64.5-ft-mast, so the boat would list to the starboard side, but in the end we just went very, very slowly and managed to get through. Time for a chips and coffee party! While we were partying Philip took another look at the chart and found out it was the wrong bridge... The REAL EVIL BRIDGE was 15 miles further down! So again we slowed down to almost nothing, headed for the center of the bridge and prayed. And we made this one too! You could hear the antenna scrape on the iron underside of the bridge, but it didn't break. We happily made it into River Forest Marina in Belhaven and had dinner in the amazing manor that was completed in 1904. It has 11 fireplaces, sparkling cut glass leaded into windows, crystal chandeliers glittering from the ceilings, tapestry placed above the mahagony wainscoting in the dining room and two baths so large they included oversized tubs for two. Okay, I stole the last paragraph from their webpage. So, if you want to learn more about it, just check out www.riverforestmarina.com and let me go to bed now. Thank you and good night.
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