Time to move on

Time to move on   ...   Tuesday 31st October 2012

The wind seems to have finally subsided and we are more than ready to move on. We cycled into Oriental again today in an effort to avoid going completely stir-crazy. This has been a very comfortable place to be but there isn't too much to do or see. When we got back from town we bumped into the couple on the boat opposite ours. Ed's first words were "Terrible news". They had just found out that whilst their house back in New Jersey is still standing, all their neighbors houses have been swept away and the area around them totally devastated. They live on a barrier island on the Jersey shore and their house is built on stilts. They had seen photographs showing that everything except their house was completely gone and the land remaining was underwater.  Their cars were parked under the house. Needless to say, they seemed shocked beyond words. They will now close up their boat and head back to New Jersey to try and sort things out.
I don't think anyone left today, but I suspect that a number of boats will move on tomorrow. We plan to head on to Beaufort first thing in the morning.

Mike