Leaving Charleston Friday 5/10 was a little gray and drizzly. We went for about 4 1/2 hours and anchored in Awendaw Creek. There was nothing as far as the eye could see but water and grass, except for an old boat wreck. It was so peaceful and calm and luckily there was a boat ramp close by for us to take Roxie to land.
Saturday morning was cool, clear and bright without humidity. Beautiful! We made our way to Georgetown and we anchored in the mouth of the Sampit River, dropped the dingy and took Roxie into town to explore. Plenty of free day dockage on the Harbor Walk.
We picked up some treats from the Indigo Bakery and went to dinner later that afternoon at Buzz's Roost.
Reminds me of walking in Frontier Trail at Cedar Point!
Sunday morning 5/12, Mother's Day we started making our way to Myrtle Beach. We stayed at the Myrtle Beach Yacht Club where we celebrated Mother's Day going to the Officers Club for dinner. I had lobster ravioli with seafood bisque and Bill had the seafood basket. Yummy!
The next morning we untiled the lines in Myrtle Beach SC and tied up for the night in another marina in Southport NC. A new state and two marina stops in a row!! We stayed at the Morningstar Southport Marina. It was a nice marina with a great dog park!
Robert and Kay are well known AGLCA harbor hosts. Robert came down to the boat to introduce himself and invited us to his home for a little porch time at 5. This lovely couple does this with loopers passing through. We also met Captain Jimmy who grew up in this town fishing these waters as a commercial fisherman. It was so fun meeting these folks and hearing their stories of this lovely community and past travels.
This was the view from the porch....We could have set there all evening!
After our visit we walked into town for dinner at the highly recommended "Provisions" and we weren't disappointed! The seafood was so fresh! It was a casual joint where you order as you come in, help yourself to drinks and make your way out to the patio where they bring your order to the table. After eating, you just go up to the cashier and give them your name, they ask you what you got to drink and she rings it up for you. Still the good ol' honor system.
We made our way to Mile Hammock Bay Anchorage located just off of Camp Lejeune. It was a long day going 64 miles. There was a boat ramp located in the anchorage, but access not permitted. We had to take Roxie to a beach on the other side of the river for her potty break.
We left early Wednesday morning and started our second long day of 65 miles to Oriental. We had stayed there when we brought Cheers up from Stuart in 2020. We had hoped we could score a dock, but we ended up anchored out.
There were storms headed our way so it was just a quick trip to town for Roxie and dinner on the boat. Good for us, we just got a little rain. 😌
Thursday morning was cool and sunny! Back into town for a potty break!
The town dock even has a loaner bike!
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