The Pool to Little Current to Benjamin Island
The Pool was all we had been promised. Again, nice neighbors, quiet, protected water’s ensured a good night’s sleep. I dinghyed (add this to your dictionary) around the bay, visited with a young couple from Cincinnati on their sailboat, and pulled up anchor. The weedy bottom slowed the process of pulling up anchor slightly. Not much fun when that stuff wraps around the anchor chain, and even less when it creeps over the pulpit onto your boat. Our boat is long overdue for a good bath. Lots of miles under this old girl now, and she’s not shining like she was when we bought her in December.
From The Pool to Little Current to South Benjamin Island.
The entrance to Little Current.
Just prior to Little Current, we came to our first bridge in several weeks. This bridge opens on the hour and only then, so if you miss it, you get to wait another hour.
Swinging just past our bow 
Little Current rail bridge
We arrived in plenty of time and then eased on into the town docks where we needed to get fuel, water, and groceries. With a fairly long walk to the grocery, Amanda scooted and hobbled to and from. But it is still slow going for her and will be till the healing is complete. We spent a little over 3 hours in Little Current for our provisioning stop. Our destination of South Benjamin Island now only 16 miles away. While fueling, we met Tammi and Ethan at the town docks, who were going the same direction. She grew up in Alabama and they are avid Crimson Tide fans. We decided being nice was the right thing to do, despite their fan loyalty. Their boat, The Liberty, is a 29′ Ranger Tug. They joined us on this leg to our anchorage. We look forward to fun times with them, as football season kicks off.
Formations like this were on 3 sides, ensuring we would be fine during the night. 
The wind was pretty brisk out there in the Bay.
Though a little windy during the night, we were safe from the more aggressive winds just a few hundred yards from the boat. I slept well, Amanda didn’t.