OK people this is getting harder and harder, lol
We left St Simons island and headed to Savannah by way of the ocean, (pic & video), it was GREAT. The ocean way took us maybe 11 hours compared to 2+ days via ICW. Once we reached Thunderbolt(Savannah) Dicky and Dixie were waiting with refreshments in hand to greet us. We visited a while, then headed into town for supper. The next day was wash day then that afternoon had a few drinks(pics) and took a ride upstream to Turner Creek to bring Chrisjen back to the dock where we first layed eyes on her.(pic) The marina was a shambles. That was disappointing. Headed back to Hinckley Marina to gear up for departure the next morning.
We decided to stop early this day at Hilton Head, BIG mistake. It was one of those 100 degree days. It was so hot. Left early the next morning and head to Beaufort, SOUTH Carolina (pronounced like the 1st syllable in the word beau-ti-ful)beau-fort. I bring that up, because the city in Beaufort, NORTH Carolina says in different. We enjoyed walking thought the shops and trying their food.
Made our way to St Johns Island Harbor Marina (Charleston). We rented a car and did some sightseeing. and of course shopping. They have a market very similar to the french market in New Orleans.(pics). Their historical district is very beautiful. Old churches with tall steeples(quite a few pics) and old buildings. One was the US Customs Building. man, if those walls could talk what stories we would hear. (pics). We grilled some steaks the night before we left to head to North Myrtle Beach.
We stopped before we reached Myrtle Beach, right off the ICW at a little pier belonging to an oil company. We hired a diver in St. Simons Island to scrub the bottom, but Mike wanted to check it out, so off into the water he went.(pics).
Made it to North Myrtle Beach the next day and stayed at the Barefoot Landing Marina. The owner (Mark King), brought Mike & I to West Marine and told us a little bit about North Myrtle Beach. The marina is part of a shopping complex (whoohoo), what a surprise, it has shops, restaurants, alligator farm, tiger shows, and a concert theatre. We ate at Wild Wing the first night, nothing special, but the second night we ate at The Flying Fish. We all enjoyed the food and the drinks were great. I tried The Hammerhead which was good, and Mike got Rummmm(roll your tongue) Punch, that was GREAT. In fact I ordered one after the hammerhead. They were 32oz. mugs. yumyum. Last night we stayed at Southport, North Carolina. We were tired, so we washed clothes and hung around the boat. Today we have stopped at Wrightville, but on our way we passed quite a few pelicans just sitting in the water. Looked like a sea of pelicans. (pic). And also, the US Coast Guard Eagle passed by us. It is a training ship for the guards.(pics). OK, I have caught up. Will try hard next time. Love Lu&Mike, Dixie&Dicky