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Three days of beautiful cruising

We have been traveling and anchoring out the last three days with the pointy end North. The weather and the scenery have been great. Temperatures have been in the low 80’s during the day with clear skies, and the upper 60’s at night with a full mo…

September Song 2011-07-18 05:11:00

This picture may look like just another scenery picture, but up that creek is where we anchored out in a hurricane hole during Hurricane Hanna in 2008. Don’t want to do that again!Along the shore of the Alligator Pungo Canal. Didn’t see any alligators …

September Song 2011-07-18 05:10:00

As we traveled the Alligator Pungo canal we saw six eagles. It’s hard to get a picture of one of these beautiful creatures.Eagle in flight.Camper on the water. In North Carolina, they mark the ICW with mile markers showing how many miles it is to …

Put the pointy end North

After the boys left we put the pointy end North and cruised from Charleston, through the rest of South Carolina, the beautiful Waccomaw River, into North Carolina, and decided to stop for a couple of days at Bald Head Island North Carolina, where our f…

September Song 2011-07-13 18:22:00

Nice homes along the ICW through Myrtle Beach.Now that’s a home away from it all.Some of the Islands in North and South Carolina are only accessible by ferry.Only two or three cars at a time.

September Song 2011-07-13 18:21:00

That’s a nest with a view! Mom with two baby osprey ready to take a first flight.This guy has been here in the same position with the same clothes on for the last four years I know of. When you come up on him you wave, but he never waves back.

September Song 2011-07-13 18:21:00

The Waccamaw River is the most beautiful thirty miles of the hundreds of miles of the East Coast ICW. (Intra Coastal Waterway) It winds and turns through pristine cypress forests draped with Spanish moss and full of wild life. We always cruise this are…

September Song 2011-07-13 18:20:00

This tree looks haunted. It has legs, and can you see the glowing eyes?

September Song 2011-07-13 18:19:00

An eagle watching us go by.

September Song 2011-07-13 18:18:00

It’s always calm on the Waccamaw river. Notice the reflection of the trees on the water.Another osprey family in the tree overlooking the river.