We arrived at Elizabeth City by noon today after traversing the Dismal Swamp Canal. We left the Visitor centre with enough time to make it to the South Mills lock for the 8:30am lock through. Unfortunately, 3 northbound vessels beat us to the lock and we had to wait about 30 minutes for them to be locked through and the lift bridge to go up. One not so cool thing about the Dismal Swamp canal is the colour of the water – it looks like Pepsi (not the nicest colour for your toilet water😊.)
Elizabeth City is a lovely town with exceptional friendly residents . When we arrived at the local town dock (really a very nice wall), we needed to refill one of our water tanks. Mark met a man who lives next to the dock and he helped us get water from his garden hose. He also gave us some great restaurant and shopping advice.
Our plan is to stay the night here in town and then continue our travels down the ditch for a few more days. We should be back on the ocean when we reach Beaufort, NC (weather permitting). We can continue in the ditch all the way to Florida but it’s much nicer to sail.
Here are some of the earlier photos I haven’t been able to post.
Crimson Kathryn and her crew 
Enjoying your pictures and adventures. Happy Anniversary!
Safe travels,
Myles and Anne
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Great shots. Hope the weather keeps working in your favour. It has been 32 degrees here, feels like 42, for about a week now.
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Absolutely beautiful Marybeth and Mark, what an adventure. So interesting reading your blog, like a Mark Twain novel, experiencing new sites and experiences. Enjoy! Reading Emily’s sailing blog adventures also. The cardiac surgeon and family she is sailing with give her some pills so she woyld not be sea sick. Emily said it was the first time she has not been sea sick on a sailing adventure. You will have to ask her what they were.
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Hi Mark and Mary, thanks again for the updates and photos. great trip. We went to Sarnia for the weekend. It was was the start of the Mackinaw boat race. There were over 250 sailing boats from different classes size of boats. Lots of people lined the river as boats went into Lake Huron. My friends think it is one of the bigger fresh water sailing races. Some of the boats will race onto Chicago. hot and humid today, no rain in sight!
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