12/02/15

The second day of Leg 2. Leaving Myrtle Beach area this morning with a thin film of fog all along the ICW with the Cataraman ahead of us was a little unsettling. The Cataraman had to go under the Robert Grisson bridge which is 65 feet and her mast is 64 plus her antannae- barely made it!!!Lambay would not! The area along this section is called the Rockpile - mm 347 to 365 - due to the many rock ledges abutting the deep portions- the shipper would rather not have any incidences with IE so we go nice and slow. Some of the homes are very decorative for Christmas which is fun to see. We fill with diesel once again at Osprey Marina which is a very quite spot and had great price for diesel. After that the weather picks up, there is no more fog and it's nice and sunny - for a while. We join the Waccaman River at mm 375 with its windy stretches of swamp, creeks , cypress and oak with its trailing Spanish moss that has a very creepy look. Coastal Carolina is called the Palmetto State and I can see why - the palm like trees are all along the ICW. The rain is schedules for late afternoon and this evening so IE heads into Georgetown which turns out to be a very pretty town. We went through two bridges today Seaboard Coast Line at mile 365.4 Bascule and Socastee which is a swing that is on demand. Hoping to get to Charleston tomorrow which is about 65miles. The skipper was given a bottle of Gorilla glue free by the very nice gentleman in this store. Nana would like her yard to look like this on in the picture!