Today: 60 miles, 9.6 hours, ICW
Total: 2282.4 miles, 357.1 hours
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| Beautiful morning in Georgetown |
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| The Paper Mill |
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| Reflections of Route 17 Bridge |
According to the current information, we should have only had an hour push up the Waccamaw River before the current would be against us if we left Georgetown by 8 am. Instead, we had the current pushing us up river for the entire ride. We were doing 7.2 mph, which is much better than the anticipated 5.5! We slowed down the closer we got to the to the split into the “ditch” south of the Socastee Bridge, but we were still traveling 6+ mph.
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| Trees along the banks |
There is such a big difference between traveling this river in the fall verses the spring. On our trip down, the trees were leafless, the forests grey-brown and silent. Spring brings many of shades of green, the sweet scents of new growth and spring flowers, lots of nests with ospreys, eagles and storks minding their broods, and turtles enjoying the sun. They can be found warming themselves on any logs or stumps they can climb upon.
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| Nesting Storks and Osprey |
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| My Favorite Old Tree |
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| 12 Turtles sitting on a log!!! |
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Raising the soil level
for new development |
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The edge of the channel against
part of the Rock Pile |
We were unable to get dockage at Barefoot Marina & Resort. There is a tremendous amount of construction on the eastern side. They are creating a huge entertainment center with lots of new stores and restaurants. As a result, there is no longer dockage available for cruisers. The docks at Barefoot Landing Marina will only be available for guests on boats staying a few hours for the restaurants. So, Pete was able to get dockage at Myrtle Beach Yacht Club. We have passed a marina that has a light house at the entrance. The entrance is deceiving. It curves into a large basin that houses 3 marinas, and lots of boats. Being only 4 miles north of Barefoot, it is still convenient, with great staff, well protected and very reasonable. With Active Captain discount, it was a $1.00 per foot!
~ ~ ~ /) ~ ~ K & P
There is such a big difference between traveling this river in the fall verses the spring. On our trip down, the trees were leafless, the forests grey-brown and silent. Spring brings many of shades of green, the sweet scents of new growth and spring flowers, lots of nests with ospreys, eagles and storks minding their broods, and turtles enjoying the sun. They can be found warming themselves on any logs or stumps they can climb upon.
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