
Squidlips Restaurant and Bar in Melbourne Fl. We stopped here to visit our friends Steve And Pril who helped us with the lend of their car to do some shopping and go to a computer store to get our computer running again. Turns out the problem with the computer was a minor glitch that most 12 year old's today could have figured out in a minute. We were about a month without it.

A Shrimper going around Moxie at low tide. We had to wait for mid tide in a few places in Georgia during the new moon cycle, the low tides were 1.5' lower than the normal low tide and with 5.5' draft, we just couldn't get through some of the cuts. The channels haven't been dredged in years because of budget restraints.

Not sure if this is deliberate, I don't think so. You have to be very mindful of the depths along the waterway, especially at high tide when the edges are maybe just a ft or two under water. We have touched a few times but have always managed to get off ourselves. We have seen a lot of boats that weren't so lucky and had to have a towing service help them get off.

Along the Waccamaw River in Northern South Carolina. This is a tidal fresh water river that's part of the ICW. We have left behind the low marshy creeks of Southern South Carolina and Georgia. Before the Civil War, the River was lined with rice plantations and was the biggest rice producing area in the United States. After Slavery was abolished, Rice production in this area became uneconomical and by the early 1900's, production withered out.

We stayed a night with Art and Kate Hesse in Carolina Beach, NC. We met them going south in November. They spent the winter months exploring the Florida Keys and got as far South as Key West and the Dry Tortugas. It was the first time we slept in a real bed since visiting our friends, Moira and Ed, in Sarasota last December.
TRIP NORTH : USA
April 7 – 8 / 15 Fort Pierce City Marina, FL ( Mile 966)
April 9/ 15 Mooring, Vero Beach Municipal Marina, FL (Mile 972)
April 10-11 / 15 Anchorage, Aeu Gallie, (Melbourn) FL
April 12/15 Free City Dock, New Smyrna, FL
April 13/15 Palm Coast Marina, FL ( Mile 803)
April 14/15 Mooring at St Augustine FL
April 15/15 Jacksonville Beach, Palm Cove Marina, FL
April 16/15 Anchored off Fernandina Beach, FL
April 17/15 Morningstar Marina at St. Simon Island, GA
M 677
April 18/15 Anchored at Tea Kettle Creek, GA
April 19/15 Anchored at Kilkenny Creek, GA (M 614)
April 20/15 Marina at Turner Creek, near Savanna GA
April 21/15 Took a Mooring Ball at Beaufort Downtown Marina, Beaufort SC (M 536)
April 22/15 Anchored in Church Creek, SC
April 23/15 Toler Cove Marina, North Charleston SC
(M 462)
April 24/15 Anchored South Santee River (M 420)
April 25/15 Harborwalk Marina, Georgetown SC (M 402)
April 26/15 Tied up to free dock at North Myrtle Beach, SC
(M 355)
April 27/15 Mooring Ball at Carolina Beach, NC. (M 295)
April 28/15 Anchored in TopSail Sound, Virginia Creek, NC.
(Mile 263)
April 29/15 Marina at Spooners Creek, Moorhead City NC
(M 210)
April 30/15 Oriental Marina at Oriental, NC. (Mile 182)
April 7 – 8 / 15 Fort Pierce City Marina, FL ( Mile 966)
April 9/ 15 Mooring, Vero Beach Municipal Marina, FL (Mile 972)
April 10-11 / 15 Anchorage, Aeu Gallie, (Melbourn) FL
April 12/15 Free City Dock, New Smyrna, FL
April 13/15 Palm Coast Marina, FL ( Mile 803)
April 14/15 Mooring at St Augustine FL
April 15/15 Jacksonville Beach, Palm Cove Marina, FL
April 16/15 Anchored off Fernandina Beach, FL
April 17/15 Morningstar Marina at St. Simon Island, GA
M 677
April 18/15 Anchored at Tea Kettle Creek, GA
April 19/15 Anchored at Kilkenny Creek, GA (M 614)
April 20/15 Marina at Turner Creek, near Savanna GA
April 21/15 Took a Mooring Ball at Beaufort Downtown Marina, Beaufort SC (M 536)
April 22/15 Anchored in Church Creek, SC
April 23/15 Toler Cove Marina, North Charleston SC
(M 462)
April 24/15 Anchored South Santee River (M 420)
April 25/15 Harborwalk Marina, Georgetown SC (M 402)
April 26/15 Tied up to free dock at North Myrtle Beach, SC
(M 355)
April 27/15 Mooring Ball at Carolina Beach, NC. (M 295)
April 28/15 Anchored in TopSail Sound, Virginia Creek, NC.
(Mile 263)
April 29/15 Marina at Spooners Creek, Moorhead City NC
(M 210)
April 30/15 Oriental Marina at Oriental, NC. (Mile 182)