Friends everywhere or Carlene and DK's dock

We departed Beaufort, NC at 0845 and motored to Sea Scape and refueled and added water and were back on the ICW in 15 minutes; not a record but a good average. We sailed to the Pamlico River and were planning on going to the entrance to Pungo Alligator River Canal. As we sailed by the mouth of the river, I called Carlene and told her I was knocking on her front door. Nanc had told me they had gone to Columbus to see their daughter Bonnie. Nope, she had it wrong and they were in Washington at their condo. We turned left and arrived at their dock at 1755 after sailing up the river at 8.2 knots with a howling wind. We are tied to the dock, with the AC going full blast and having a Rum and Coke. Life is good. S