The Socastee Swing bridge started operation today. Yeah -- we can continue on, however the bridge operator -- Howard very helpful -- said the clearance on the bridge just past him was only 56 feet instead of the usual 65 feet. We need to be careful of the bridges -- we are 57 feet off the water.
Boy the cruiser flood gates will be open tomorrow with most boats on the move again.
Today was just a chore day. We got a shuttle ride to the grocery store -- round trip only $15. We went to a Lowes which was nice but prices were higher than we have at home. Then back on the boat to do a couple of loads of laundry and fill the water tanks.
Tonight I went to a free symposium here at the marina on problem areas along the ICW South of here and weather for offshore passages. It was presented by Hank Pomeranz, retired US Navy Meteorologist and owner of CYC - Carolina Yacht Care, also the driver of our shuttle this morning.
The presentation was excellent -- better than anything I've seen before. He gave us a handout of all the slides he presented which were all in color and detailed snippets of charts and the best route through the trouble areas. I highly recommend attending one of these briefs when stopping at the Southport marina. They are free and absolutely GREAT.
We hope to leave early tomorrow and run down to Barefoot Landing and stop at a marina for the night -- no good anchorages on this hop.
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