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| Moon reflecting in the water off our stern. |
Hurricane Sandy must have taken all of the bad weather with her. Since leaving New Bern, we have had beautiful weather every day, gorgeous sunsets and a full moon.
We ended Friday's travels and started Saturday's in a miserable part of South Carolina's intracoastal. The "Rock Pile" -- a narrow 28 mile section of waterway that is lined on both sides with very large jagged rocks. At low tide, which we had on Friday, the rocks are visible. At high tide the rocks are not visible...our fate on Saturday morning. After spending Friday night at a marina in North Myrtle Beach, Tide Hiker -- Bob and Deidre's boat -- had an engine problem. They were able to make a temporary repair and we were back in the "Rock Pile" by late morning. Gotta Smile managed to hit one of the rocks in spite of great care and concentration. Everything is working, but we are fairly positive that one of the stabilizer fins is damaged. This is especially aggravating since we just had both fins repaired and the bottom painted in Solomons. A diver will inspect for damage when we get to Stuart. The only way to insure that there are no incidents on the water is to leave the boat in a slip. What fun would that be? We'll take our chances and accept the risk.
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| Bon Voyage and Tide Hiker rafted on Gotta Smile. |
Sunday morning Brian and I jumped out of bed at 6:45, knowing we had a long day ahead of us. Quick showers and dressed by 7:30 when we realized we forgot to turn back the clocks last night. Too late to go back to sleep. We were 45 minutes into the day.
Interesting sights along the intracoastal:
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| Near Camp Lejeune -- sounds serious! |
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| Aerial tramway ferries golfers between holes. |
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| Waterside wedding with parasols and cowboy hats. |
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| Deluxe ferry boat |
Gotta smile, we're lovin the ride!
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| And, minimal ferry boat. |
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