Calabash river

Ok, two myths were broken today – one, that it is warm down here in North (now South) Carolina, it was 8 degrees today and two, that Canadians don’t mind the cold, at least Heather and I don’t like it….. The funny thing is, I was all bundled up and some of the locals in the fishing boats were not – I think they were having a hard time believing we are from Canada!

Speaking of locals, fishing must be the national past time here, everyone has some sort of fishing boat or are fishing off of docks or the beaches. Often there are kids, which you would think should be in school….. I was talking to someone fishing off the docks last night and I had never heard of any of the fish they were catching, but there seems to be quite a variety. Speaking of last night, Heather and Deb (from High ZZ’s) took their folding bikes and rode them into town. The bikes have very small wheels and reminds you what a clown would ride in the circus! Anyways, Heather wants a “clown bike” as many of the boats here use them and it would make getting around much easier.

There are a number of homes built on stands, especially the ones right on the ocean as seen in this grainy photo. Hurricane Irene, I believe hit the area a few years ago, perhaps this boat was a victim.

Some of the boats down here are pretty jacked up, when is one 275 HP not enough that you need three??? I have seen three 300 HP on the stern of a smaller boat, don’t know how they float.

The next picture is of one of the five bridges we went under today, you can always tell which pilings they want you to go between by the wooden framework in case you want to play Capt Crunch.

We arrived in a nice anchorage with some sand on the shore, it is called Calabash River and attached is my attempt at a panorama shoot of where we are.

Often we have been anchored just on the fringe of a free wi-fi hotspot, so I have ordered a wi-fi antenna that comes with a built in router that can be used hotspot so that we can access it from the computer and Ipad on the boat. It is to arrive in Charleston any day and we will pick it when we are there, hopefully it will work well, some of the cruisers are doing this and seem happy with it.