It’s unbelievably hot here. For all of our “left” coast friends – we miss the consistent 72-degree daytime temperatures and 68-degree nighttime temps.  We’re truly jealous!  On the “right” coast we’re experiencing constant heat indexes in the 110 degree “muggy” range. FYI: we hung a damp towel outside to dry, for eight hours, and it never did dry out!

Anyway, we left Southport Marina in North Carolina on Friday (7/19) morning for a short two-hour cruise and landed at Federal Point Yacht Club in Pleasure Island, NC. We decided to stay there all weekend and mostly just took it easy. We took Scout-About down from her perch and Scouted-About a bit, went to the Board Walk on the beach, to the pool, watched a huge Loggerhead turtle swim by and watched party boats go by (they drink beer, sing at the top of their lungs and pedal to make their boat go).  I read a book, Scout had a diver clean her bottom, and Michael cleaned off her brown mustache with lemon juice which works wonders. Mostly we just tried to stay cool.

Headed out this morning (Monday, 7/22) for Topsail Marina in Surfside, NC, another short four-hour cruise. The water turned that pretty shade of green again and we saw more really big homes with big lawns, and with horses this time, we saw a palm tree in the water with a flag next to it which we think becomes the beach when the tide goes out, we saw lots of birdhouses (?) and a commercial dredge.

After it cooled down a bit, we walked into the little town and to the beach which was beautiful. I think this might be a girlie town, see how many pink trash cans vs the number of blue trash cans.

Sorry, I know this is a little boring, but did I mention it’s too hot to do anything including think?  We’ll keep heading north in search of cooler weather. Plan to be in Beaufort, NC tomorrow  (pronounced Bo-fort not like Bew-fort in SC). Will keep you posted…..