Tuesday, 26 May 2015
We walked the dogs, topped the water off, disposed of the trash, pumped out, and headed north again on a falling tide.
We went through the "rock pile," the dreaded place where the ICW is cut through rock. Maybe I missed something, listening to all the folks worrying about hitting rocks, but, rocks don't move. If you stay in the channel, you won't hit a rock. Where the "ditch" cuts through sand, the sand shifts, and can cause shoaling... but, that's another story.
We fell in behind "Capt Dennis," a shrimpboat we followed as far as a little above Holden Beach, where he turned northward in the creek to go get some work done.
Once we got away from the Myrtle Beach area, the landscape changed a little. We were back into salt marshes, with a couple of sandy inlets towards the Atlantic.
The sandy areas around Lockwood's Folly Island looked so inviting that I considered stopping to play, but, there was a lot of dredging in the area, and the area didn't look very conducive to day anchoring on this particular day.
We did the drive-by at Southport, NC, and saw that the "free" docks appeared to be full, though the restaurants smelled really good!
Our destination for the night was a nice little marina at a North Carolina State Park, Carolina Beach State Park. For $30/night, we're tied to a nice floating dock with 50amp service. The grounds are great for walking the dogs. There are 6 miles of hiking trails, a single washer and drier $1/load, showers, restrooms, and a small store at the office. Its a pretty nice place.
The current sets sideways to the channel, which isn't very wide, but, there is 5'+ @ MLW. There is no current in the marina.
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