Southport to Osprey Marina (Myrtle Beach, SC) to Georgetown, SC

Day #421; Loop Miles to Date = 4,807

OK...a little catching up to do. First off, we forgot to mention that we started seeing dolphins again upon leaving New Bern last week. At one point we had 4 or 5 of them riding our bow wake. We saw bunches of them for a couple of days, and then when we started on our way to Osprey from Southport, they started to disappear again...because Osprey Marina is on the Wacamaw River, and we got a dose of fresh water for a couple of days.

We've had a number of nice days of travel. Again, this stretch of the ICW forces us to pay attention with the bridges, current, tides, shoaling and sometimes traffic. A couple of random pics from our travels...

We've had some other wildlife spottings along the way too...today, we saw a beautiful eagle sunning in a tree...unfortunately we couldn't get close enough to it to get a decent picture. And, also today, we had 2 deer decide to swim across the river right in front of the boat. It was a lot of fun to watch, and fortunately, they made it across safe and sound.

And then when we arrived in Georgetown this afternoon, we found that there was to be a Boat Christmas Parade tonight. The pictures don't do it justice, but there were 12 or so boats all decked out with lights, parading right past our boat slip...lots of fun!

The Sheriff boat was the lead boat. There was also a boat from the Fire Department, and also the Coast Guard.

At Osprey Marina we had a moment of merriment that will be meaningful to only about 6 folks who might read this blog entry...before entering the marina, we did a ceremonial 360 degree turn in honor of some of our boating friends. Those of you who have no idea what we are talking about can simply ignore this bit of tom foolery!

And now...a parting shot that again will only have meaning to a subset of readers...the rest of you will have no idea why we bothered to include this picture from our visit to Southport.

All for now...more later from down the road...