October 31, 2016- NC- Osprey Marina

October 31, 2017
Happy Halloween everyone.  Steve and I thought we would dress up before we began our day!

7:15am- Left South Harbor Village Marina at mile 311.4.  Because they ran out of diesel, we need to stop at the next marina to fuel up. What another gorgeous sunrise 

 

8:00am-stopped at St James Marina.  This is where we should of stayed last night. It is right off the ICW however very protected.

This reminds me of when you go from point A to point B.  If you drive a car, you really don't see anything but if you are walking or riding a bicycle, you sure see a lot more.  What a great way to slow down and observe its beauty. 

Unfortunately, someone lost their livelyhood.

9:15am- Went by Lockwood Foll inlet 

9:30am-

Looks like Holden Beach got hit hard from Hurricane Matthews

This is probably one of the longest docks we have seen so far.

10:10am- Dolphin came right beside our boat

10:30am- Another inlet at Fox Island

11:30am- went under the Sunset Beach Bridge at mile 337.  There is a strong current which was pulling us at 8 knots at the bottom

11:45am- We officially crossed into South Carolina at the red mark 116.

We still see what hurricane Matthew has done.

Passing a golf course along the ICW

Casino on the water

12:30pm: Going by Myrtle Beach Yacht club 

12:45pm- Went across the Little River Swing bridge at mile 347

1:45pm- We crossed the Barefoot swing bridge. 

This is too funny.at mile 356, there are cables for an overhead gondola giving access to golf course across the ICW.  Crazy!

2:30pm- Going under the Grand Dune Bridge at mile 357

4:30pm-  As we were heading towards Socastee Bridge, you can't help notice all the homes which got flooded by the hurricane,  lots of debris in the water also.  You can see on the white houses the water line of when they got flooded.  

Looks like they are building a bridge at mile 372

5:00pm- Arrived at Osprey Marina at mile 373

Osprey marina even gave us a cute care package. 

Nice touch

At the marina, we met Brian and Jane Wilson (Mar-a-Lagos and Craig and Donna Lewis (Mighty Fine).  We sat with them for a drink and shared stories.  Once they received their delivered pizza, Steve and I went back to the boat to eat the Sheppard's pie which I made in transit earlier.  

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October 30, 2016-NC-South Harbor Village Marina

October 30, 2016
7:15am Left Hammock Anchorage.  The sunrise was behind us.  So beautiful.



Everything was in pink.  Even the washed up boat.

Love the different boat names

Went thru several swing bridges....Figure Eight and Surf City.  We lucked out on the timing

 Wrightsville Beach Bascule Bridge at mile 283.1

So many fishing either by boat or from land

 We couldn't figure out what was behind this boat

 Went by different marinas

Love the landscape

 

No it is not Halloween yet ....In the morning, it is cool so I ensure to cover up....I am no fashion diva...

We were either with or against a current up to 2 knots all day and had to remain cautious of the depth.

Because of this working trawler, we were able to go thru the swing bridge earlier.  They open up every hour however they do open up for commercial vessels. 

See the yellow boat in this photo?  He has run aground. Karma???
 Earlier, he was in a hurry and wanted to pass us.  He forced us to go port side in the channel when suddenly the water was only 6 ft deep.  We need 5'6".  We slid back quickly and were OK after he slowly past us.  Two miles up the canal, we found him aground.  The bridge master advised to stay to stay tight to the red mark and he went tight to the green.  We slid by tight to the red smiling!  Is that wrong of us?

Sometimes, we were so close to the shoals.  We had to go slow.

We had a race with this vessel.  Guess who won?

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Beautiful sunset at South Harbor Village Marina at mile 311.4. They were out of diesel and place us on a very bouncy mooring.  They even charged us for the extra length from the dinghy.  That is a first. We should have gone to St James Marina at mile 315.  We will have to go there in the morning for diesel.  At least we got our laundry done, pumped out and filled up with water.

As I walked down the dock, fisherman showed up with their catch of the day.  They were really happy

 Steve walking back to our boat.