10/11/15
When we left Southport, NC this morning it was COLD! We bundled up with sweatshirts and long pants for the first time on the trip. A cold front had passed during the night and the day was cloudy and cold until late in the afternoon
We crossed into South Carolina and began to see very tropical looking houses along the waterway as well as trees with Spanish moss hanging from them.
As we arrived in the North Myrtle Beach area we began to see large fishing yachts and this floating casino.
The farther along the waterway we went the more and more we saw flooding of houses and properties. The Waccamaw River, toward which we were heading, was experiencing extreme flooding due to last week's torrential rains in South Carolina and the high water was also affecting the waterway. The good thing for us was that the high water made our passage through the infamous "Rock Pile" section of the waterway near Myrtle Beach a non-event. Since the residential properties along this section were so flooded the Coast Guard had instituted a LOOOONG no wake zone to avoid further damage to houses and property. We spent hours at no wake speed, so our passage to our next stop took a lot longer than anticipated.
Below is the sign at the turn to our marina, luckily all of the docks there are floating docks, so the marina itself was basically unaffected by the high water.
This will be the last blog post for a few days. We plan to leave the boat here while we explore Myrtle Beach and then drive up to Virginia to spend some time with grandchildren. Hopefully when we get back the river flooding will have subsided and we can move on without worrying about flood debris in the water.
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