Day #287 – Myrtle Beach, SC

We left Georgetown at 7:15 this morning under overcast skies.  As we move up the inter-coastal waterway the landscape is beginning to remind us of the way it looked on the Tombigbee River.  We are even seeing the reemergence of water hyacinths.

Many of the markers have osprey nests in them.  If you look closely, there are birds in the nests.

It appears that we have left the marsh and salt grasses behind us and the vegetation again comes right to the water’s edge.

Last night John, on Island Rhumb, pulled into our marina.  We met he and his wife, Darleen, for the first time in the Bahamas.  They are from Monroe, MI and we really enjoyed their company.  We last saw John in St. Augustine while Darleen was back home.  She ended up needing some medical attention and now he is traveling with his granddaughter.  They hope to be back in Michigan by June 15th. He traveled to Myrtle Beach today as well.

We will be staying at Barefoot Landing tonight and tomorrow night.  It was a slow trip today traveling 51 miles and it took seven hours.  We saw a few unusual sights along the way.

The “people” are really friendly and greet you from the shore.

We didn’t see any dolphins today, but we finally saw a whale.

Have we really traveled that far from Miami? And still have that far to go until New York?

The harbor master told us about a place just up the street that will have the Red Wing game on tonight.  It is not available on the dish so this will have to do.  It is Game 7 of the quarter finals in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

GO WINGS!

Tags: AGLCA, Barefoot Landing, Great Cirlce Loop, Great Loop, ICW, Myrtle Beach