We left Charleston yesterday morning - it was a beautiful sunny day (a significant change to the morning before!) and we traveled 96 miles to just south of Myrtle Beach to one of our favorite little marinas - Osprey Marina. It's in a remote area, but close to Myrtle Beach - it's a sweet little place and the people are very friendly. Paul cleaned the boat, I did some laundry, and we made some dinner. The reason for not posting to the blog last night is we had a great wifi connection at the marina until it got dark - so my theory is that their wifi is afraid of the dark, because sure enough, this morning the wifi was fine again! Go figure!
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| From Master Plan's Bow at Charleston Maritime Center - Sunset and the lighting was lovely. |
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| Same vantage point, but sunrise yesterday morning just before we pulled up the lines. We really just love Charleston! |
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| Leaving Osprey Marina this morning - it's off a very bucolic part of the ICW. When we arrived yesterday, we noticed this alley was much wider than when we were here in November - the dock hand told us that all they did was trim the shrubs along the side and it added about 10' to each side! What a difference! |
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| Coming out of Osprey Marina and taking a right turn North on the ICW - beautiful! |
So we are now at Mile 284 - we traveled 89 miles today. To give you perspective, Stuart is at Mile 985 - so we've gone just over 700 miles since last Wednesday morning - stopping two days due to weather. We're averaging about 100 miles each travel day. The hold days have been good for Paul so he can get some rest - it's tiring driving the boat all day. He's up top on the fly bridge, and I'm down below at my post pumping out the work for RLC Events - I am really blessed - I am really busy with great clients - looks like another great year thankfully.
Today we passed a huge military area (sorry the name currently escapes me) - about 20 miles south of here - this is where all of the US military's artillery and equipment gets shipped out to all over the world, and in particular the Middle East. Obviously, you can't get too close, but you can see this ship is being loaded up with lots of stuff.
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| My sweet captain on the Cape Fear River today - as you can see it's a very wide open area of the ICW - a big change from the narrow channels . . . |
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| Tug and barge coming down the Cape Fear River - pretty cool. |
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| Our slip for tonight - this is a really nice marina - everything is very clean and they even gave us a courtesy car to use! |
So - we're heading out to grab a bite to eat - a nice Mexican restaurant is close by and was recommended. We use a web-site frequently - Active Captain - it details a lot of marinas and anchorages with lots of great reviews that you can tap into along the way. One the reviews mentioned the restaurant, so we're going to check it out. We just actually met the owners/creators of Active Captain - they were a few slips down from us in Charleston - GREAT people and their web-site is fantastic; it has been an invaluable resource for us!
Well - the sun is setting - so it's time to bid you all farewell for the moment - we promise to keep you posted! Our plan is to be at the beginning (or end) of the ICW - Norfolk, VA - by end of day Sunday. Then, it's up to the weather forecast what our next steps will be.
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| I took this picture 4 minutes ago - it was so beautiful, I had to share . . . from MP's bow. |
Take care - thanks for following along - sending lots of love, Jen & Paul
Today's Quote:
You are here for a purpose. There is not a duplicate of you in the whole wide world; there never has been, there never will be. You were brought here now to fill a certain need. Take time to consider what it might be.
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