Yes, we are still here. Oriental is a hard place to leave. On the surface, it's a sleepy little town, but underneath it's bubbling with social life. A lot of very hip folks have made this their home after they were done with the other adventures in their lives. So folks here have usually accomplished quite a bit and have the interesting stories to go with it. Many are sailors. We have discovered that it takes about 2 weeks to penetrate a social scene and our previous cruising was too fast paced for us to really get to know the locals. But having been here for a while, our social circle has been expanding geometrically. We could party every night of the week.
We have gotten a super-warm reception for our flamenco and are booked for a theater gig in February. But just playing at parties - we've never gotten such a response! I must admit, it's pleasant after the flamenco politics of the bay area.
I know we've said it before, but we really are planning to leave next week - taking the ICW up to Norfolk and then out into the Atlantic for a 2-3 day trip to NYC. We're going to take a mooring off the 79th St. Boat Basin. A quick dinghy trip ashore and we will be in mid-town Manhattan with buses and subways to everywhere. I'm looking forward to it and then later to sail on up to Cape Cod.
Feel free to write or call.
Here are the local dock residents at one of the BBQ/Potluck dinners that we have every few days. It's tough!!!
Here is the creek that runs by the marina. We rowed our dinghy down to where the rich folks have their waterside homes with docks. When I first heard about Oriental, these homes were going for $149,000. Not anymore!
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