We joined up with Louis and Dianne Wade in Moorehead City on Monday. They are a couple we met at the Great Loop Cruiser's Association meeting in Charleston last month. They are very pleasant people who are heading out to do the "Loop" also. They have a beautiful 40 foot Cape Dory Trawler and are traveling with their ten year old black lab, Buddy. After a one day layover in Moorehead City for a very windy day, we left Moorehead City at 7:00 am. We took on fuel and got away about 7:30. We had a beautiful, sunny day with very light winds to cross the Nuese River and the Pamlico River and continue up to Bellhaven, NC. A trip of about 75 miles, (remember, we travel at about 8 mph). We were constantly surprised by the number of boats headed in the same direction as us. We had a nice wine and cheese hour with other cruisers at the marina and then Muriel fixed an excellent dinner. We plan to leave again in the morning and run up the Alligator River and across the Ablemarle Sound to Elizabeth City, NC.