You haven’t been around until you run aground!

 The ICW was so exciting today.  The tides were with us today, we ran at an average of 8.2knots/1690 rpm’s and our top speed  at full throttle is only 7.9 knots, we got a free ride.  There was a lot of interesting things to see, the houses along the way were gorgeous, we got to watch a guy catching shrimp, several bridges which one of them was a swing bridge.  I find those fascinating!  I started the day by making a loaf of bread for dinner, then 3 loads of  laundry, then 3 hours to give Ellie a haircut, then vacuumed everything (10 minute job) to get all the dog hair off the floors and took a bunch of pics in between chores.  Then the excitement.....we came around a bend and saw the marina we are staying in for the night.  It was not only low tide, but a King Tide. When the moon is full, the high tides are higher and the low tides are lower.  Normally we fit just fine in the marinas but oh no, not when there’s a King Tide.  We were greeted by the dock staff to help with lines, we noticed the wind was not blowing us onto the dock like it should have been doing.  We kind of slobbered our way into the silt, yes, we hit bottom.  We waited 1.5 hours for the tide to go slack and then start coming back in.  We inched our way over, close enough to tie up for the night.  Tomorrow about 5am, the tide will be at its lowest so we will sit in the silt again and leave around noon when the water will be once again, deep enough for us to leave.  David is going to the boy toy store, The GPS Store, in the morning.  He is hoping they have some electronics in stock so we can replace the ones we have that all argue with each other, setting alarms off, incorrect readings, going to a blank screen, not finding the right GPS signal to follow.  We’ll be glad to get pieces that all work and communicate with each other.  Not looking forward to that Visa bill!! Or maybe instead of paying the Visa I could buy a bigger Tiny house or take a 57 day cruise to Antarctica, no better pay the visa.Today we went from Georgetown, SC to Ocean Isle Beach, NC, 60 miles, 9 hrs to travel plus 2 hrs to dock.Hello to Jackie Joanne Sandy and Stan

Shrimper, hope the video is not too long.

Pretty homes along the ICW

The water color in the ICW, yuck!!

Just a quiet afternoon of fishing.

Sooooo close but so far away.  Stuck in the silt. (That’s the bow of the boat).

Tide is out, roots of the trees out of water.

Ok, those rocks were really close, skinny section of water.

More tree roots.

Pic of the Shrimper guy.  The birds were waiting for any easy dinner.

These are buoys out of the water, huge!!

Pretty house..

Look closely Kitty, it’s a crab pot.

Pretty house.

Homeowner putting in a private dock in front of his house, $$

Orca yard decoration.

Another crab pot, Kitty.

Another private dock being installed.

Bushes  growing out of the sign.

This neighborhood had its own lighthouse.

More trees.  I have a degree  in Horticulture, what can I say!

Bushes growing on the tops of sticks, just thought it was funny.

More giant buoys.

View of the ICW from the back deck.

House on stilts.