The Azaleas are in full bloom here in Beaufort, NC and they're everywhere.

We've moved far enough north that the Azaleas are just out in full bloom today. In Beaufort, SC, Charleston and Georgia, they were past their prime and fading a week to 10 days ago when we were there. Fortunatley, the liveoaks are also in their strange bloom, which is before they fill the air with green pollen that settles on everything and start dropping "worms" (flower stalks) all over everything, like they were when we were farther south.

Huge yacht! This 170 footer,"Four Wishes" was docked at the end of our dock yesterday and todayand it left this morning. I'm sure it cost $ tens of millions. Can't do the Great Loop Route in that one! (too tall)

OOPS! Forgot a passenger! After the big yacht left, one of the passengers came running down the dock. They had left without her! Luckily, there was a TowBoat US boat (like a car tow truck for the water) at the dock and it radioed the yacht and took her out to it. That little red boat has the passenger (in a pink T-Shirt). The yacht never stopped though because the current was behind it so she probably had to jump aboard while underway at slow speed.

It still looks great for going out to Cape Lookout tomorrow. The forecast is for sunny with temps aroung 80 and 2 to 4 ft. seas in the Atlantic tomorrow and the next day here. Of course, we won't really know until we just get out there.