Barefoot Marina

Sunday June 3, 2012
33 48.083 N'
78 44.874 W

We have been told that the ride from the Georgetown to Myrtle Beach is one of the best on the ICW. The ICW is really the Waccamaw river and it winds thru a large Cyprus swamp. The water is virtually "tannin black" (I flushed and flushed the salt water toilet  until I realized it was not dirty - just the color of the "sea" water). The osprey nests are a feature, often on the tops of the channel markers, and often with nesting birds in place. It was a perfect morning, sunny and calm.

Greg Norman "An Australian Grill"

We only had about 20 miles to run, and so we were all tied up at our new home by about 1:30PM. The marina is called "Barefoot Marina" and is part of a whole "Barefoot" tourist and retail development. (We are across the water from Greg Norman's "An Australian Grill". We thought we might have dinner there till we saw the "Australian prices"). The kids went off to the pool for the afternoon and Deidre and I took the time to do a bit of a cleanup.

Connor

After the kids returned, we let them "help" us launch the dinghy and then went exploring across the river.We found a bungee jump for Connor, who was totally fearless and entertained us with his aerial antics. Followed by a pizza restaurant and dinner and the dinghy back over the ICW to Tide Hiker.

Deidre and Fiona

Next day we took a cab to a "put-put" course (Myrtle Beach is the put-put capital of the world) and then to the beach. Deidre made sweet and sour chicken for lunch. It was a good day.

The kids returned to Houston on Wednesday. Kylie drove up to Barefoot from the IOP in the morning to pick them up and drive them back to the Charleston Airport. It was quite a squeeze in her little car.