The first post of this blog noted we wanted to avoid interstates and highways, there’s no better way to do that then to take your car, but, go by boat. Driving south on the Cape Fear peninsula we took the Snows Cut bridge to the island community of Carolina Beach, passed though Kure Beach (pronounced “Currie”), and proceeded to the Ft. Fort Fisher / Southport Ferry (which one of us being from Jersey pronounces “furry” versus my Southern California counterpart's “fairy”). We arrived at the park like ferry terminal a little past 2PM. After a short wait we were guided on to a small ferry that accommodated roughly 35 vehicles. The ferrys run frequently and are an ideal way to see the wide mouth of the Cape Fear River where it meets the Atlantic guarded by Bald Head Island (also reachable by ferry from Southport). At $5 per vehicle, it’s probably cheaper than driving up to the Cape Fear Bridge and back down again to the coast, certainly safer and a lot more fun. We were lucky in being directed to a bow spot, kind of like finally getting to be in one of those short lived Amphicars (see www.amphicars.com) that came out in the 60’s. Spectacular, is not a word that does justice to the panoramic view, under a warm (mid 80’s) sunny sky and a salty breeze. We were on our way to Southport!
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