Crabpots Galore!

The next morning Kelly and I walked while Karol ran and John cleaned and prepped for the next journey.  We took off that morning with our first day of nice sunshine for Manteo, NC. We had a lovely cruise but had to dodge crabpots galore! It’s a wonder there are any crabs left. They only have about 10 feet between pots as far as the eye can see – a field of pots!! I imagined the little crabs trying to live their lives in 3 square feet of ocean floor for fear they will end up in a bisque.

Waterside Marina at Manteo on Roanoke island is lovely.  We walked around the town and went into a few shops then had cocktails on the boat. We went out to dinner at Mexican restaurant where Karol was gesturing to demonstrate how it would be okay to run over a crab pot buoy as they would get displaced by the hull, just as the waitress was walking up behind him with a bowl of chili and he swung his hand out, colliding with the bowl and the chili flew into her face!! She stood there frozen while we tried to help her. It was sad – hot chili in the eye and on your face can’t be fun. She reemerged from behind the scenes later in good spirits.  Yes, she got a big tip!

On our walk back to the boat a rainstorm came in so we took shelter in Poor Richard’s Pub where a quite good 3 man band was playing.  We stayed and tried to dance on the tiny dance floor    (big enough for about 3 people).  A wedding party came in, so Kelly gave the bride some unsolicited advice, to “always treat him like he’s your fiancé and not your husband”.  She explained to us that she sees so many people start to treat their spouse badly because they are married and they know their spouse won’t leave them. Hmmmm.