Southport to Wrightsville Beach Anchorage

Sweetie on the swing

This morning we walked around Southport to see the flavor of the town and were greatly impressed, established in the 1792 by Joshua Potts who laid out the first 100 lots of the city. It was named Smithville after a NC governor and built around Fort Johnston. Lots of authentic homes well kept, a great park with porch swings, a nice visitor’s center and maritime museum. Stede Bonnet the gentleman pirate used Smithville as a resting place between campaigns.

The old marina is now a group of restaurants that circle the harbor, there is still a free dock and an anchorage in the old harbor. I was especially impressed with the trees and the fact that the roads were altered to allow the trees to flourish. In one park we read a description of a tree thought to be 800 years old. This tree had been bent to mark an Indian fishing spot, it was thought to have re-rooted and has a very unusual shape.

Indian Trail Tree, re-rooted a second time

Our trip today crossed the Cape Fear inlet and we progressed up the Cape Fear River to Snows Cut and back to the Intracoastal we crossed some potential trouble spots but were fortunate to be traveling mostly at high tide. The anchorage off of Wrightsville Beach is huge and I believe there are 30 to 40 boats anchored here tonight.

We had a long planned spaghetti supper with Field Trip and Carol Anne this evening. As usual, everyone brought things to share and the kitchen of Reunion was busy, lots of fun. 

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The street curb is changed to allow the tree to grow

A whole row of nice cottages

Unique!

I remember this house from our last trip on the AICW