MONDAY, APRIL 9, 2012
We woke up early in the exposed anchorage
after a restless night. The wind
slapped waves up against the bow of the boat all night long. Guess where our bed is. Yep, right there in the bow. Well, last night Gary slept (tried to
sleep) in the salon. My bed
of choice was the pilothouse seat.
Any place to get away from all that noise.
As you can see, we were anchored right by a
crab trap. The crabber came to
check his traps bright and early this morning. They work very hard.
We killed some time watching them before we pulled anchor at 7:50. We were in no hurry to get started
since we were only going a short distance today. We are still tired from the
long day yesterday.
As we entered the Intraoastal from the
river, there were 4 or 5 dolphins playing in the channel. We couldn’t believe it when one of them
came over and rode our tug’s bow wake.
Of course, it was too fast to take a picture. Dolphins are much too quick for me. This was the first dolphin that has
ever traveled with us even for such a little time.
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Gary estimated the
waves were 3 feet breaking on the top.
The spray would go over the top of the boat as we crashed into the
waves. Gary got to use his
windshield wipers. Here are more
pictures to try to show these waves.
The waves calmed down as we entered Sampit
River in front of Georgetown, S.C.
We stopped at Hazzard Marine for two nights. Gary needs to do some work on the boat and I must do a
load of clothes. We rested today
after the hard day yesterday. We
are looking forward to a peaceful night tonight tied to the dock. More about Georgetown tomorrow.
We pounded 18 miles in a little less than
3 hours.
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