Heading South (where's the warm?)

Thanksgiving was a quiet day at the marina so took advantage of the laundry facility, took long hot showers and then a nap.    Dinner was salmon, potato and veggies followed by cheesecake.  It was a good day.

The next day we left early morning with the decks of the boat rather frosty.  Cleared multiple fixed bridges and a couple of swing bridges.  The shoreline is a real estate tour.  Big, beautiful homes with docks and boat lifts at almost every one of them but very few boats.  Perhaps they have been put up for the winter.  There are folks who live in northern SC who go south for the winter which kind of cracks us up because we feel we are in the south!  But where's the warm?  Natives of the area say this weather is quite unusual for this time of year with temps much lower than they are used to having.   We can only wonder if the news is correct in saying this weather is the 'new normal'.   However the travel along the ICW today was balmy, sunny and the most enjoyable day we've had since Hurricane Sandy.   Along our way we look up and see a beautiful eagle perched on top of a tree.  We docked at Bucksport Marina about 30 miles south of Myrtle Beach.   It is on a bend in the ICW, very quiet, 30+ acres for Chester, nothing around except an adjacent campground with 4 campers, a restaurant/bar on site that closes at 9 p.m., and one other transient boat. 

Saturday morning we leave for Georgetown SC.  We were the only southbound boat for this passage.  Quiet day with sunshine and there's that chill once again!  The Waccamaw River is sided with cypress swamps, the water is the color of tea and we are informed our bow will have a brown moustache!  The water depth is good on this stretch.  There are numerous fishing boats with their fishermen in the nooks and crannies of side rivers.  We arrive in Georgetown and head to their 'boutique' downtown.  It reminds me of Frankfort MI only three times the size.  We see signs in storefronts that boast that they have 'Carolina Rice'...hmmm, time for a little research.  

We come back to Journey and turn on the heat....