We met a couple at dinner last night who live between Miami and Maine and have run this route for years. She was a dead ringer for Nancy Licata - seriously - same height, same hair, same facial features, and same voice (well except that strong New Yawk accent) They had great tips for todays run-where to run outside safely and where to duck in. We figured it would knock a day off our trip and with any luck we'd be in Little River SC (North of Myrtle Beach) by 3 at the latest.
Luck. Well the two pictures to the left show you how that went. Running outside was easy (3-5fters) right up until we lost our GPS. Yep - good thing Tom has a sharp 1st mate who likes following along on the charts. We made great time to Masonborough (ICW tuck in) but we never got above 10 knots in the ICW. We literally ran into a sailing regatta where they were all dressed as pirates and then we got into what we called "Ben's Bay", I have never in my life seen so many little fishing boats in one waterway. It started raining and still fishing boat after fishing boat. Unbelievable! Then, waiting for bridges. We did see a very cool one called a Pontoon Bridge. The road actually runs across a barge that they float out of the way when a boat comes. So basic. Tom loved it.
The Carolina intercoastal is lined with all these pastel colored houses on stilts. Looks like those paper dot candy strips we ate as kids. It's pretty in a Lily Pulitzer dress kind of way (meaning you could get really sick of it in large doses)
Uncoordinated. That would be me. I have been an accident waiting to happen today. Slammed my finger in the door this morning while taking off. Ow Ow Oww. Looks like I'll be wearing dark nailpolish this autumn. Then we caught a sideways wave and my velcro attached chair that my husband and Mr Franey rigged up came un-velcroed. Then once we made it to our destination at 5:30 pm, in my exhuberance to get tied up and relax, I missed the bottom step onto the transom and landed strangely on my ankle. Yes Nurse Lozon, I iced and elevated and then took 4 ibuprofin with vodka for pain and swelling. I'm hobbling about but will be ready to run in the morning. Clutz. So much for the sharp 1st mate.
We really covered a lot of water today and should make Charleston tomorrow or the next day. It's supposed to be pretty windy tomorrow and I don't know if I'm up to balancing in bad seas. My confidence level has dropped.
On the upside, while waiting for the bridge we saw this really bright rainbow that ended in a patch of golden wheatgrass. With the bright sun shining it looked just like the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Sorry no pic but it lasted for mere seconds.
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Ben's bay. Fishing boats. And he gets no mention on your blog? My husband would have jumped right off that fly bridge and hightailed it to join the fishing brigade. What a sight. :) We wish we were there!
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