May brought more adventures, experience and learning. We took the LiveMore out in the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) for sunset to give us more confidence with docking. I don’t think the birds and dolphins will ever stop mesmerizing me. We practiced with the anchor in the marina until I was comfortable getting the chain to drop the anchor without fear of losing a finger. Our second class with the Southport Power Squadron, Tides and Currents, sure came in handy on our first overnight trip to Topsail, NC, about 40 nautical miles and five hours. It was a new moon, so we saw first-hand the lower low tides and higher high tides. We felt the pull of the currents when the tide was going out to the ocean. We ordered a moon phase calendar. Larry taught me about “reading the water”, which coincidentally was the name of an article in the NC Wildlife magazine this month.