We departed the Dismal Swamp Canal Welcome Center at 0745 and reached the southern lock at South Mills at 0830. The bascule bridge, just before the lock, opened a few minutes before the scheduled opening at 0900 and we were through the lock and underway in about 35 minutes. We had dropped eight feet in the lock.
Motoring the 18 miles to Elizabeth City was uneventful. We anchored north of the Highway 158 bascule bridge north of town at 1200 in about 10 feet of water. After lunch we launched the dinghy and picked up our friends, Mary and Charlie, on Mary Wanderer, and headed for town. It was very choppy at the city docks so we motored up a small creek and tied up to a bulkhead adjacent to a bridge.
We all walked to a small deli that had WiFi and had a drink while I posted several entries in our blog. On the way back to the boat we stopped at the Museum of Albemarle for an hour or so. The wind died down around sunset. We had ground beef and potatoes for dinner and watched the Presidential debates. It was a pleasant night at anchor.
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