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| Floating dock showing the low tide |
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| Lovin' the carousel |
We left the anchorage in goodime this morning -8:00am. We were trying to head to Myrtle Beach today as Connor has been talking non-stop about Magiquest - a Wizard and Wand amusement at Broadway on the Beach in Myrtle Beach. When we (mistakenly) told him that it could be the next day, he couldn't contain himself. A few days ago we thought that it may be a week away, but the currents had been in our favour and we were making great time. It was a 10-hour day ahead of us and, because we did a 10-hour day the day before, we didn't know that it would be possible - especially with the shifting of currents. We plodded on for the full 10 hours. I took the wheel for a bit while Kerry had a very quick shut-eye. The tides were very low later in the day. Many of the boats at the private docks were low in the water or on the sand. On the radio we could hear marinas turning people away because of the exceptionally low water. We had to not only watch our position on the GPS, but also use the visual cues in the water to watch for shifting sand bars. Just before Myrtle Beach, is a place called Rockpile. It is called this because of all the exposed rock in this area. With the low tide, we could clearly see why it was named this way. Again, we kept in the centre and plodded on. We finally pulled into Barefoot Landing, Myrtle Beach at 6:00pm. We did a quick clean up and jumped to shore. Barefoot Landing. This is a several acre park with shops and amusements. Connor tried the mirror house and laser challenge and Dylan insisted that we didn't leave until he got a ride on the carousel (twice). We hobbled back to the boat at 10pm....tucked everyone in and called it a night. Tomorrow, will be another busy day!
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