After a VERY wet night and day on anchor in Pungo Creek, we motored back to Belhaven to enjoy the hospitality of River Forest Manor and Marina and their Halloween Party. Discarding the notion of both dressing up as streetwalkers (this is the South, after all), we settled on our version of Captain Jack Sparrow and his pirate wench. The proof is as documented for you on the preceding photos. The River Forest Marina is around 100+ years old, circa great lumber and transportation barons, and was built by a very wealthy North Carolinian for his family. The original crystal chandeliers and sculpted ceilings remain in beautiful condition and the house now serves as elegant reminder of a by-gone era of southern grandeur. Our hostess for the evening, Ms. Charlotte Furstenberg, is the lovely vampirella in black. She made sure the party got going. Wayne was making new friends right and left, and we were having a lovely time. Just as we were about to leave, Charlotte announced we had won the costume contest (being the only couple there in costume aside from the employees) when entitiled us to our entrance fee back and 2 free drinks. We really could not take full advantage of our good luck, as had a big sail scheduled for early the next morning. Still, we managed to hang around to enjoy a wee bit more of the outstanding southern hospitality there is to be found in the classy River Forest Manor.
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