3 States in 3 Days!!

The weather has been kind to Uncorked. We've been able to run the Atlantic for three days with a gentle wind at our back. We spent Sunday & Monday in New Smyrna, FL (had to run up to Daytona and check on the house) but Tuesday we docked at Jeckyl Island, GA, Wednesday we tucked in at Charleston, and tonight we are in Wrightsville, NC. Long days but with flat seas, why not? I am so, so happy to have avoided the slow, no-wake nightmare of NC intercoastal. It's supposed to be pretty calm tomorrow so we are shooting for Cape Hatteras. NY by 5/10 is starting to feel like it could actually happen.

Lozons introduced me to audiobooks on the ipod so we have been entertaining ourselves for these 8 hour runs with Stephen Frey books. First, "The Chairman", and now the sequel, "The Protoge". Suspense novels set in the business finance arena - we love it. Could have done without the dramatic reading of the scene where the lead character is out boating and a storm comes out of nowhere almost capsizing his 150 footer. This chapter, of course, was read when we were out in the Atlantic with no land in sight. Lynn Lozon asked me a while back if I get nervous when I can't see land; well, I never used to but now that she asked...