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Back home, a few days later, Hugh and I
spent July 4th with Harry who convinced Hugh that I should be able to
go back to North Carolina on Charlie's dive trip which was the
following week. By Friday, I found myself in a lab, peeing in a
bottle so I could go on the dive boat as crew since the boat was
full.
The next day I left for the 12 hour drive and 560 miles back to North Carolina. Harry had already gone ahead 2 days earlier and spent them in Delaware. I made the first 5 hours to the Maryland - Virginia border with no stops. I visited with Donna for a half hour in a parking lot in Virginia Beach. I finally made it, 11 and a half hours later back to North Carolina for another barbecue and an evening on my porch swing. The rest of the group did not arrive until the next day. Harry and I spent Sunday looking through stores in Beaufort and swimming and jumping waves in the ocean. On Monday, the first dive took us back to the wreck of the Papoose and the next one was on the Schurz. The Schurz was a gunboat sunk in 1918 due to a collision with another ship. The weather changed and there were high winds and rough seas the next few days. No diving Tuesday or Wednesday. Some of us spent the off days working on our laptops, going to the movies and swimming in the ocean. |
  Harry
and I went searching for Catfish Lake in the Croatan
National Forest. We found a large lake in
the middle of
nowhere with access by a gravel road that went on what seemed
endless, over 10
miles.
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  The
lake is acidic with reddish water. I heard a noise in the
brush and at the time I couldn't stop thinking about that I'd read
that alligators are this far north.
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  A stop
sign at the corner was riddled with bullet holes.
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Some of
the guys made a trip to Walmart and surprised Charlie by placing a
female undergarment, thong in his bed while he was asleep.
After consulting the internet, it looks like the men do not know their
thongs from their g-strings.
After a very late start because of questionably high seas, we went out on Thursday, back to the wreck of the Schurz. I found tiles and old wooden crate parts The second dive was to the same wreck where I found part of a bullet. I saw a dead lionfish being eaten by a crab. While heading up the anchor line, a baby amberjack startled me when I felt it rub itself on me. A school of them surrounded me and one allowed me to touch it repeatedly. A school of very large barracuda kept us company during the hang. Some were chasing small fish. The last day we dived the Naeco Stern. The Naeco sank in 1942 after being hit by a torpedo from the U-124. This wreck was cut in half and the bow lies 2 and a half miles away and is also a popular dive site. |
  Charlie prepared for the dive wearing his new dive apparal.
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I saw large clams, moray eels and large amberjack on the wreck. The second dive was at the same location. I looked for the tool room but still only saw rooms with shelves but not sure if this was the correct location. I found Charlie's thong tied inside the wreck. I moved it and tied it to the anchor line. |
 Dave,
the group fng, found and brought up a porthole using his lift bag.
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 Heading
towards the dock in Morehead City we passed these Navy ships.
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| In the evening, four of the group left for home and Harry and I barbecued our dinner. We left the following morning after picking up our tanks which we had refilled in preparation for our next dives up north. Lunch was at the Eastville Inn, located one exit past Cape Charles. We drove together in separate cars and made it home in 11 and a half hours. |
 Harry
had no problems lighting his pipe while driving a stick sheet with the
wind blowing.
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