From Peter Ver Ploeg:
It was a short day on the water, heading North up the Cape Fear River to Wilmington, NC. Pete and I had heard in Swansboro that it was a nice city and Pete had gotten in touch with Alex and Lauren, a young couple on couchsurfing.com, who had agreed to put us up for the night.
We swung into the empty city docks, completely misjudged the swirling tidal current and got ourselves pinned helplessly against the pier. Strolla was unhurt, but stuck too tightly for us to move by hand. It would take us the better part of half an hour to get unpinned. Finally, after much deliberation and planning, we found the right combination of dock lines, motor, and rudder application and were able to lever Strolla off the dock and safely into her slip.
Alex had the afternoon off so he came down to the waterfront to pick us up and take us to run a few errands. Then, back to his and Lauren's apartment to shower. Certain important body parts hadn't been cleaned since Norfolk, eleven long days ago, and we were itching to scrub up.
Back at the apartment, the water was shut off. Alex quickly explained it was only temporary. Work was being done on the building's plumbing. The water would be back on any minute. He got some hard looks for that one, which he deflected neatly, and we settled in to preparing a big dinner of spaghetti and beer.
The water came back on as promised and it felt amazing.
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