Cedar Creek – AnchorageWe were up early again this morning, had breakfast and pulled the anchor by 7:00. We were lucky and just made the 7:30 opening of the Onslow Bridge. No waiting today on bridges either…we may be using up all our luc…
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May 17 – Snead Ferry, NC
Mile Hammock BayAnother beautiful day on the water. Most of our travels today was through low marshy areas, with little scenery worth taking pictures of, especially since we’ve been through here several other times. We went passed quite a…
May 16 – Southport, NC
Southport MarinaHigh winds kept us in port today, getting off the dock and navigating the Cape Fear River just wouldn’t have been fun or safe today. We’re in no big hurry so we spent the day doing a few boat projects and of course a little shopping…
May 15 – Southport, NC
Southport MarinaIt was another short day on the water. The day was beautiful but very windy. Our plan was to stay at one of the free docks at the restaurants along the water and then make the short trip over to Bald Head Island tomorrow, but the …
May 14 – North Myrtle Beach
The Barefoot MarinaToday started out as a fleece morning…the kind where you can put on shorts as long as you put on a fleece top to go with them. It stayed beautiful all day, blue skies and lots of sunshine. We had a short day compared yesterday, onl…
May 13 – Butler Island, SC
Wacammaw River – AnchorageIt was a little weird and sad to pull in the lines and pull away from Ashley Marina. It’s been our home for the past seven months, but I have to admit it felt nice to be back on the water. Our first day was beautiful, sunny an…
May 12 – Charleston, SC
Ashley MarinaStan decided this morning our departure day from Charleston would be Monday morning. The weather looks nice for most of the week, with cooler temperatures the first half, so we need to get moving. We’ll be anchoring out a lot …
May 11 – Charleston, SC
Ashley MarinaMother’s Day came early to The Pearl. The kids ordered flowers that were delivered to the boat this morning. They are beautiful and add so much color to the salon. We made reservations for lunch at Magnolias for today since we…
May 9 – Charleston, SC
Ashley MarinaToday we went from being liveaboards to cruisers again. We rented a car and moved our vehicle to Osprey Marina, where it will stay until next fall. We’ve spent the last three months living, working on the boat and enjoy our new home away f…
May 6 – Charleston, SC
Ashley MarinaAfter spending the weekend hiding out on the boat from high winds and rain and spending the morning painting and vanishing, we decided we deserved to have lunch out. We still have a lot of restaurants on our wish list and our …
