Adams Creek to Mile Hammock Bay (near Camp Lejeune), NC (anchored)
November 2, 2023
Another gorgeous morning at an anchorage!
We try to snap a quick photo each time we leave a place to have a time stamp of when our day started and as a sort of record of “we were there.” That one last look is a bit of closure on where we were that helps us start on the way to where we are going.
Although the sun was up when we left, it was low on the horizon for the first bit of today’s trip through another ICW ditch.
We’ve been traveling through a lot of canals and ditches lately but today our route finally feels really intracoastal. Right after Morehead City we started paralleling the ocean.
This is the first time that it’s felt like we’re on the coast – the landscape here is sand bars and maritime forests.
We had our first dolphin sightings since July today. I’ve missed my buddies!
This anchorage is a small basin off the ICW very near Camp Lejeune. It’s apparently where Osprey pilots practice taking off and landing because there’s been almost constant activity. There’s probably 10 boats in here tonight.
We hoped to go to a marina in Southport, NC tomorrow but there are no slips available so we hope to find a spot in Carolina Beach. Although there is a lot of water here, there’s not a lot of depth for us to pull over and anchor so we’ll have to make sure we have some backup plans for the next few days.
Life on Lailia 
My friends son is a Marine at Camp Lejeune and flies the Osprey’s. He gave me a tour of the base and planes. They are EXTREMELY noisy as your video shows. He says most people who serve on them have hearing loss even with protection. I’ll be visiting my friend in Jacksonville, NC on my way south.
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They were so loud Lailia was vibrating. We’re glad they stopped flying at 8:30PM – we were afraid it was going to be a really long night!
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What a beautiful sunrise at Adams Creek
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