Pics from North Carolina

Rafted with 15 of our closest friends at the visitor center in The Great Dismal Swamp, North Carolina. We were rafted up to 5 deep, overnight halfway between the two locks and so many boats tied up together we blocked the channel. They told us to watch out for poisonous water moccasins on the pathways to the washroom at night so we elected to stay aboard after dark.
Going through our 2nd lock on the Dismal. The first one we had to raft to an older couple on a Whitby 42 that had no real idea what they were doing. Fortunately they were between us and the wall so they took the brunt of their line mismanagement and we just hung on for the ride. This one was a far more relaxing experience.
Rafted to "Cabernet" out of Deep River, Ontario waiting for a lock to open. A really nice couple who we have been travelling with the past 4-5 days since meeting in Portsmouth and then again at the vistor center raft.
The deck of the battleship USS Wisconsin in Portsmouth Virgina. Commisioned in '43 she fought in WWII and as recently as the Gulf War in 1991 & apparently is still maintained near battle ready condition in case of need. Steve wants to get a set of these 16 inchers for our bow so we can lob shells all the way across Georgian Bay when we get back.