Anchored South of Georgetown, SC

Brrr. Took Jazzy for a walk along the bulkhead this morning and it was a mere 45 degrees. Time to dig out the Under Armour!  It’s even colder when you’re moving on the water, so I was glad I had it onboard.

We left Barefoot Landing at 7:20 a.m. under sunny skies. As Chuck was pushing the boat out and hopping on, his foot caught on the petcock on the dock for the water and he got his pants and shoes wet.  Not fun on a cold day!

As we went along the ICW, there was a mist vapor coming off the water.

Right off SM 364.5, there is a new bridge. We saw the Socastee swing bridge open at 9:47 a.m. and we were a little more than a mile away. But by the time the other boats got through, we were half a mile away so the bridge tender called us and said keep coming! We thought we were going to miss it. It is on demand, but they’re not going to open it every 5 minutes, so we were thrilled!

At 10:20 a.m., we pulled into Osprey Marina for fuel. The entrance was narrow off to our port and there’s a floating dock with room for boats to pull on either side. The fuel pumps were actually on a stationary dock overhead and they handed the lines down. Weird. They were having trouble pumping out another boat and by the time they got to us, a 43’ trawler was coming in. We hurried and put in our measly 10 gallons of fuel, I ran up and paid, and we pulled out as they were pulling in. We had to squeeze between them on our port side and a 42’ catamaran that was tied to a pier on our starboard.

At marker 67, we saw a string of electric poles in the middle of the water. You seem some strange things here in the south!

We spent most of the day in the Waccamaw River and had planned to anchor in Georgetown, but we arrived there at 3 p.m. and wanted to get closer to Charleston so we can spend a little time ashore there tomorrow afternoon.

We passed a steel plant and a paper mill in Georgetown and the sulfur smell from the paper mill was nauseating. It brought back memories of camping with my family when I was a kid and we couldn’t wait to get out of town and away from that smell!

We pulled into Minim Creek on the west side a few minutes before 5 p.m. and dropped anchor. It’s desolate and peacefully quiet here, so we hope to get a good night’s sleep.

It was cold all day and we have our 0 degree sleeping bags ready for tonight, as the temp is supposed to dip down to 45. Tomorrow should be sunny with a high of 61. I want the warm weather back!

Tomorrow: Charleston, SC

The mist coming off the water because of the temperature change.

One of many new mega houses being built on the ICW.

The fuel dock at Osprey Marina. Lady M
on the left is the trawler we passed.

Lots of these plants growing in the Waccamaw River.

Electrical lines in the middle of the water.

Jazzy Girl is my electric blanket. LOL.

Setting the anchor at Minim Creek. 

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Tonight's sunset at Minim Creek anchorage.