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ICW Mile Marker 346 – Late night w Cathy and Craig catching up. We had a great night of sleep, leaving Holden Beach a little late and heading to Little River Inlet Myrtle Beach, SC. Currents, wakes, shoals, barges, bridges & beautiful houses today – just a typical day on the ICW. Lol. Come intoContinue reading “Sunday, Nov 22nd”

ICW Mile Marker 324 – We had a really nice dinner last night we our Southport friends, Sally&Rich, and John&Bonnie. Sally and i stayed up too late sharing but I enjoyed it so much. Then Rich dropped us off early at the St James Marina for short trip to Holden Beach Transient Dock. Our NavigationContinue reading “Saturday, Nov 21”

ICW Mile Marker 315 – Today started off with a cold morning and frost on the boat, so time to move farther south. So we were on the move again. First thing was to make it past where the 3 boats that got stuck on shoal at “99A”. With our local knowledge Bill learned atContinue reading “Thursday, Nov. 19th”

ICW Mile Marker 229 – We left Oriental as the sun was rising this morning to continue our journey south. A beautiful calm day with mirror-like waters. We had a beautiful day and there was so much to see today. We passed another large barge, went under bridges (one while the current was pushing usContinue reading “Saturday, Nov 14th”

ICW Mile 182 – Happy 32th Anniversary to us! Sitting on a dock in Tropical Storm Eta doing laundry, boat projects and having mimosas. And I absolutely love this life. Headed out in this storm to have dinner in town with our friends to celebrate.

ICW Mile 182 – Happy Veteran’s Day! A nice day on the Oriental Marina dock to clean up, restock and do some boat maintenance. I got a nice bike ride and walk in to explore Oriental. Early afternoon, the winds started to picked up as we started to see Hurricane Eta coming our way. WeContinue reading “Wednesday, Nov 11th”

ICW Mile 140 – Marine Corps Birthday – Semper Fi! We started the day before sunrise to try to beat the winds coming in and 42 Nmiles to get to Oriental. But of course our anchor is stuck on something. But we just kept going reverse and forward in a circle and finally freed it.Continue reading “Tuesday, Nov 10th”

ICW Mile 104 – Lifted anchor right after sunrise. A surreal 22 mile slow trip down the very narrow Alligator/Pungo Canal. I think I saw an alligator cross in front of us (or could have just been a log). We were glad for no barges coming the other way. We teased about turning around andContinue reading “Monday, Nov 9th”

ICW Mile 61 – Happy 7th Birthday to Norah yesterday. We miss you. We had a very restful night and out of Broad Creek early to cross the Ablemarble Sound today. It can be a rough 14 mile crossing, but again we were blessed with calm waters. We crossed it and passed thru the AligatorContinue reading “Sunday, Nov 8th”