Santa Bogue Creek

Another fun filled day!! We woke to 33 degrees! Moki and I went to shore and had a nice run. We passed an open field and I may have seen frost. It was foggy when we left the boat but really rolled in while we were onshore. After breakfast we had a nice cruise downriver… stopped at Bobbi’s Fish Camp for fuel then headed to the lock… but we had to wait on a barge…. so we dropped anchor and had lunch. Our friends on Gup B rafted up with us as we waited. That was a fun visit. After about an hour and a half we were able to enter the lock. BUT our anchor was stuck!! We did all the maneuvering adding scope spinning and finally it broke free. We had snagged a steel cable. Fortunately the lock master was waiting on one more boat and we were able to get thru as two more barges were coming up river and it would have been quite the wait if not. This was our last lock of this trip and number 162!! We exited the lock around 3pm… we like to be anchored by 3pm… so we started looking hard at spots we would otherwise cruise on by. And that’s what led us to tonight’s anchorage… a tiny creek… cozy… with mud banks but off the river. 42 miles.Read more