Week 4 (5/31/20)

Week 4 

5/31/20 Calabash Creek (Little River, North Myrtle Beach) – anchored out after a busy day cruising the Waccamaw River. Come to find out Sunday is “everybody take the boat out” day in Myrtle Beach. Waves from boats and wind rolled us around pretty good. River extremely swollen.

6/1/20 Southport NC – Must say we have been fortunate with the weather! Bit windy but Kent once again expertly backed us into our spot. Walked to Fishy Fish for seared ahi, pasta, and tropical drinks. Nice walk after dinner around this cute town with famous NC coastal homes.

6/2-3/20 Wrightsville Beach – Beautiful, walk forever beach! Boating through the Cape Fear River was exciting! Running past many open ocean inlets creates tidal flows and wind that keep you on your toes. Very windy here, but found a great grocery store just a dinghy ride away with ice cream and subs! Bodie was not welcome on their beach, but he’s hardly noticed in his backpack.

Welcome Roman Dowis (Ryan and Sam Dowis parents)

                                   

6/4/20 Arrive in Beaufort NC

6/6/20 Celebrate our 39th Anniversary!
Martini overlooking the
Beaufort River and dinner at the Beaufort Grocery! Yum!

Week 3 (5/25/20)

Week 3

5/25/20

Mosquito Creek – we anchored out in a nook just north of the B&B Seafood store. Took the dinghy and bought shrimp, beer, and squid bait. Best shrimp EVER! The creamy White Shrimp were delicious. Cooked them on board with “slap you’r mama” seasoning. And YES it is named mosquito creek for a reason! While driving back to Daydream we met a nice couple that lived in a decagon house. Don’t know how they survived the bugs.

5/26-27/20

(Leland Oil Company Marina) – Glad to get into this nice protected marina, asked to stay an additional night as Bertha was coming in on Wednesday. Rained but not much wind for us. Walked to the local seafood restaurant, passed a 1,000 year old oak tree, and picked up some delicious crab balls, fried green tomatoes, shrimp and flounder. Met some boaters from Ft. Collins, CO also heading north on their adventure. Kent asked them what route they took to get to SC but they did not find that funny.😉

5/28-29/20 Georgetown – anchored out after landing at the city dock. We walked to the store for supplies and then rewarded ourselves at a local patio restaurant with beer and burgers! Next day we took the dinghy back to the city dock. Walked around the cute waterfront town reading about its history, indigo and rice industries, currently steel and paper mill. Found a great general store that will let you buy a bottle of wine, drink it at their curb side table, keep it cool for you and then go back and finish it later! We saw several graduates taking pictures around this historic town. Of course, cookies and water for Bodie by several merchants.

 

 5/30/20 Osprey Marina – cheapest gas around! Had to wait until 6:00 to hook up to air conditioning! Hot and Muggy! Single boat entrance but very accommodating marina, once in our spot we cooked out and had a nice evening.