Belhaven, NC - It's a Boy!

Named Alberto! No, Kevin and I didn't get a bundle from the stork; hurricane season has officially begun and the first tropical storm has been named. This morning we were listening to the weather and they were still calling it "tropical depression #1", but we just checked the weather again now that we're anchored and I guess the epidural kicked in because tropical depression #1 gave birth to tropical storm Alberto. Awww, isn't he cute? He is supposed to hit Florida tomorrow and probably won't make it up here to Belhaven until Wednesday. By that time we intend to be long gone.

Belhaven is supposed to be a popular stop among cruisers but I guess the author of our guidebook never went ashore on a Sunday. The place is a ghost town. All we wanted was to have a little dinner ashore. The guidebook only listed four places. Of those, one was out of business and two were closed so we ended up choosing (?) to eat at the River Forest Inn. It was a pretty building, probably dating back to the turn of the century, but we found the meals to be overpriced for the quality; I ordered the vegetarian penne which turned out to be undercooked pasta with sauteed red cabbage and two slices of tomato (no sauce, not even olive oil). Kevin fared a little better with his shrimp newburg. When he'd finished his dish, I just poured his leftover sauce over my pasta to give it a little flavor. I didn't even bother with the cabbage, what a bizarre ingredient choice. Next time we'll just eat on the boat since I can make a less than stellar meal without even trying and it won't cost us twenty bucks a plate.