Beaver Inlet to Blind Channel Resort - 1 ½ hours, 12 miles

This a new port for us. I called yesterday and made reservations for tonight. This is popular, if expensive, destination. When we arrived after passing through Green Point Rapids at 12:45 PM. The dock has seven fingers with docking on both side of a finger. There is only one boat there. It is a beautiful 60 foot sailboat. Our reference books refer to a lot of tidal action in this marina but we must has gotten in still at slack water. Fred had no problem. We had lunch on the boat and then went wandering. This marina was started in the 70’s by Annemarie & Edgar Richter. Edgar designed and built the buildings and the artwork of Annemarie's is everywhere. There are quilts, crocheted afghans and fantastic mosaics. The mosaics are on the dock, outside of every building and the most beautiful is in the restaurant. She everyday things to make her works of art. Most of the them have a lot of shells and broken pottery. None were for sale or I might have made a dent in the budget. The marina is now run by the second and third generations of Richters. I think marinas always look better in the beautiful sunshine like we have today. We went to check in and then look around. There is a small grocery store, some gifts and crafts, a laundry room and a fancy dining room. We made reservations for dinner tonight at the Cedar Post Inn. I asked and was told that it was safe to let Merlin run around and even for a walking the woods. Well, that sounds nice. As the afternoon wore on we saw about 10 more boats come into the marina. The dining room is lovely and looks out at the marina. I have schnitzel and Fred had goulash. His was better than mine. The dinner with 1 beer and 1 iced tea came to over $100!