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November 19th - Yikes!

The month is flying by and we have a long way to go.  We are still in Alligator River Marina.  Yesterday was another foggy day and we couldn't get out by the bridge, and today the wind is blowing 30 mph.  Actually we are told the bridge will not open if it blows much harder.  Too rough to play in this wide, swallow area.  We walked April this morning and put up a bunch of ducks.  She was on a lead much to her dismay.  This is duck hunting country.  A number of hunters went out this morning and are coming back in now.

There is a little lunch place here where we had burgers and chatted with the locals.  We asked about all the bear signs we saw on our walk.  Yes, they have an over abundance of black bears here.  That ends my walking April in the evening.  The locals were telling us about one of their residence, a lady in her 70's who lives alone back in the woods with no power or running water.  She gets a ride with a neighbor a couple of times a week into town.  She is a friend of the bears.  She sprays a scent all over her (secret formula) and wraps her legs in plastic bags to keep the ticks out and goes out into the woods and call the bears and they come to see her.  She has 6 or 7 bears that will come to her house to visit her.  I wonder how long they stay, and if they know enough to go home after a visit.

Bill has been glad to have some down time to learn how to use his new iPad and find some new navigation and weather apps - and of course some games.  We also caught up with Balmar, the alternator manufacturer, and requested restitution for the second alternator we purchased.  We will see how that comes out.

With luck, and no fog and high winds, we will be on our way again tomorrow AM headed for Belhaven, North Carolina.