One if by land, Two if by sea (or sound)

While waiting for the "perfect" weather window to head to Ocracoke, we missed the good weather in Okracoke.  We certainly could have headed that way numerous times, but each time, the sail one way or the other promised to be bumpy (or we had guests or there was something fun at the club or in Oriental that we did not want to miss...).  Not that we (the boat or the humans) couldn't handle the bumpy ride, but Ken had wanted Gay's last "long" sail to be pleasant.  So now, instead of sailing, we are taking the ferry from Cedar Island and will stay at the Castle for a few days.  Gay's long anticipated boat trip to Ocracoke will likely have to wait until next hurricane season (since the plan, at this moment, is to head far south with the boat after the holidays and stay somewhere in the Keys/Bahama/Caribbean until next hurricane season--when we will return to River Dunes).  Now that these plans have actually been committed to writing, we will see what Murphy (of Murphy's Law) thinks of them.  We will report on Ocracoke through the eyes of a first timer next week.