In which we are part of a 'high-water' event.
Our destination was closer than usual so we got up at a leisurely pace (thank you baby jesus) and walked over the to Carolina Seafood Market. Since we were docked with a whole fleet of shrimp boats, we felt we needed to support the economy. Once there it became apparent that we were hungry - besides shrimp we bought crab dip and crab cakes. Later we wished we had bought the shrimp dip also! Walking back through the little town of McClellanville we felt far away from the world. But, based on the number of small water craft pulling into the area last night, we are near more than we think.
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| This live oak is so big it's a three-swing tree! |
Most of our day was spent on the Waccamaw River, which turns out to be in flood stage - maybe due the tropical storm. Excellent - Rick had a new thing to stress about, because we are getting way too confident. For us this meant that we kept our RPMs low to avoid sending any more water via our wake into the flooded areas. It also meant that, moving with the flood tide, we were FLYING!
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| Rick gets some planks in |
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| I hope this won't be us |
The 'speed' was very exciting and fun, until we got to the designated anchorage spot - which happened to be on one of the wider flooded creeks. We took one look at the giant flowing body of water (it is usually a small creek) and got out the charts. Just a little further on I found us a tiny little anchorage in a narrow channel where it was totally still and calm. It was sort of like being in the jungle - and just gorgeous. To keep us out of the channel, Rick took down the kayak and tied our stern to a tree. The trees are pretty accessible since the water is at least 15 feet further inland than the tree line. It was totally silent except for owls, frogs and a possible alligator cough. Probably not that last, but I closed the door to the swim platform just in case. I think Deb would have been super spooked the whole night!
It might be one of my favorite anchorages!
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| Rick ties us to a tree - I'm hoping the gator won't get him |
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| Now he is 'relaxing'. We have very different ideas of what that means |
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| It's almost a full moon |
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| The moon is also in the water |
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