{"id":422,"date":"2022-06-04T15:46:59","date_gmt":"2022-06-04T15:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/?p=422"},"modified":"2022-06-04T15:46:59","modified_gmt":"2022-06-04T15:46:59","slug":"beaufort-nc-to-belhaven-nc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/?p=422","title":{"rendered":"Beaufort, NC to Belhaven, NC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Over the next three days, we will be making our journey to Norfolk, VA, stopping twice along the way. Our first stop will be Belhaven, NC. It will be approximately 70 miles through the ICW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our route today<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We travel through some canal like waterways, but for the most part, it feels more like an open water run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This may well be the last palm tree sightings for Prime 11<\/em><\/strong>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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There would be no shrimp and grits on every southern menu without these guys!<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Looks like the ocean, but it is Pamlico Sound<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Arriving into Belhaven<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Our home for the night, Belhaven Marina<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We arrive around 11 AM, after the start at 7 AM. We made great time, averaging about 17 mph, mainly due to increasing our speed in the open waterways. Since we are the first to arrive for the night, we are given the “sunset” dock. The dockmaster\/owner is very hospitable and gives us some dining tips (the best restaurant in town is closed on Wednesdays, which is today, of course) and a lowdown on the marina and the town. It is small marina in a small town, but they are big on hospitality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Volleyball or Basketball anyone?<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Memory sticks!<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We finally found some crab pots not in the middle of the channel!<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Walking the plank…given my history, I choose the grass<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The marina also boasts of its very own proclaimed, “Best Bundle Deal on the ICW!”. For just $18, you get three items. First item is your choice of : one beer, one wine, one bag of ice OR a jello shot. Your second item is a choice between, one t-shirt, one hat, one bag OR one cigar. Finally, your third item is not negotiable…everyone gets a koozie. What a deal!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belhaven is a very small town. As of year 2020, their population was 1,239. Remotely situated in the inner banks of North Carolina, Belhaven likely sees most visitors arriving by outboard motors than anything else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The town of Belhaven on this super hot June day.<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The tavern at Jacks is a large unique restaurant, built from the ground up by its owners, who have personally touched every piece of wood that is in place today. Unfortunately, most of its dining spaces are closed due to lack of help. To us, it seemed more like a lack of customers. The motto, “Build it and they will come.”, doesn’t seem to be in play here.<\/strong> We did enjoy a nice dinner in the opened Tavern Bar area.<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The beautiful main dining area is not open for customers.<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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So we call it a day on our special corner lot. <\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The sunset did not disappoint. Pink at night, sailors delight! <\/em><\/strong>
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Onto Coinjack, NC we go!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Over the next three days, we will be making our journey to Norfolk, VA, stopping twice along the way. Our first stop will be Belhaven, NC. It will be approximately 70 miles through the ICW. We travel through some canal like waterways, but for the most part, it feels more like an open water run….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=422"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":444,"href":"https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422\/revisions\/444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}