32 39.6635 N
80 16.6473 W
Easy day today, only 37 NM. This is our last stop before the IOP and we are now only 35 NM from our slip for three months or so. There is a major xxx spot a few miles from our destination so we need to leave no later than 8 AM to catch some tide when we get there. We hope that Ryan and Mason will be able to meet us at the slip - sadly Ky will be at work.
We ran the AC last night so we enjoyed a comfortable sleep. This morning I enjoyed the last two quarters of Collingwood thrashing St. Kilda. We then walked into town for a "farewell breakfast" at the local bakery. Back at the boats, Don discovered a frayed belt that needed to be replaced. We left them at the slip as the tide was an issue on this stretch of the ICW and there were some low spots to get thru. We did plan to meet at the Toogoodoo anchorage but it turns out that Cavara was held up by skinny water and a nasty thunder storm, and has anchored an hour or so behind us.
Although the ICW is this area is a bit of a mad woman's breakfast, it was a calm day and we enjoyed taking in the typical SC lowcountry environment of rivers, forest and swamps. I took a lot of photos hoping to "capture" the feeling. Late in the afternoon a band of thunderstorms rolled thru with lots of lightening and so we retired below. It was pouring down as we approached our anchorage so we reduced speed to give them time to roll thru.
Toogoodoo Creek is a big tidal stream, surrounded by miles of marsh grass and the occasional hammock. As I type this, we are surrounded by quite, the rain is falling gently and Deidre is cooking dinner. Just does not get better than this.
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| Dense forest on the ICW |
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| "hammock" island in the marsh |
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| Looks like rain to me |
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| bahama sized tug boat in SC |
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| Sunset - so calm, so quiet, so totally isolated |
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