We got an early start today. Bill was up first and got coffee going on the stove. Bob and I needed to be motivated out of our bunks a little, but we were raising the anchor soon after 7 AM. It was breakfast underway, and northward to Georgetown.
The winds did not favor us like we had hoped. It was right on our nose, and no room to maneuver in the channel, so we were under power the whole day. We did not feel that the winds were strong enough to warrant heading offshore, so we kept to the ICW for the day.
One worthy sighting today. we believe we saw an immature bald eagle perched over the water on our northbound trip. We also saw several dolphins strand feeding. Unfortunatley, no one had a phone handy to grab a picture, but that akways seems to be the way of it. It may be for the best. There is a lot of interesting wildlife in the ICW, and it wouldn't be too difficult to run the boat aground trying to get pictures of it while you were supposed to be paying attention to where the channel is.
We made good time to Georgetown, and were pleasantly surprised to find that the Wooden Boat Show will be here this weekend. Unfortunately , due to the expected crowds, we could not get a slip at the marina. But we do plan to delay our trek south long enough to spend some time at the show on Saturday.
We found a nice little anchorage near town, and grilled some chicken on the little Magma grill kept on board for such purposes. Tomorrow we will try to get little sailing in, and then find a spot close to Georgetown so we can see some sights on Saturday.
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