South to Little River

We've been moving south slowly.  We anchored in Adams Creek off of the Neuse River for the first time after leaving Ocracoke.  It was a very peaceful night until a squall came through at 4 am.  Gary got up to check our position, something you always do or at least always should do and found the sailboat anchored in front of us  broke loose and drifting behind us.  We gave 2 short blasts on our horn and in a few minutes their lights came on.  They anchor caught again and soon we were all back in our beds drifting (never really sleeping after those little incidents) and thinking how luck was with us and we didn't wake up to a boat in our side!!
The next stop was Mile Hammock Bay and Camp LeJeune.  If you are a slow boat this is pretty much a "must" stop as there is not another anchorage until Wrightsville Beach  about 40 miles south.  This time we realized how high the water was.  It is unusual for us to see the little bay from the ICW .

You can see the seawall and cement ramp at the upper left.  This was where the amphibious training was when we first came here.   Everything is gone now and it seems to be just used as a boat ramp for the Marines at the base.

The craziness coming up to the Wrightsville Beach bridge on the ICW.  You can see the small "Hobie Cat" waiting for the bridge open, with his sail up yet!#@



The anchorage itself was also very 'busy'.  We had only anchored once before with one other boat.  This time there were 14 but it was calm and not a lot of small boats zipping around us as before.

This beautiful vintage Trumpy yacht passed us on the way to Carolina Beach.  A beauty...

Carolina Beach looked bare without the ferris wheel.  The carnival has left town for the year.

The fall season brings a whole different vibe to these beach towns.  Less tourist traffic and lots of "closed for the season" signs, along with absolutely gorgeous weather. We've been through here in May and August but October is definitely my favorite.

Our next stop was Light Keepers Marina in Little River, South Carolina, just over the North Carolina Border and bordering on North Myrtle Beach, where our friends Wayne and Colleen from Charlotte, N.C. came to see us.  They provided taxi service to the grocery store and helped us shop after driving 4 1/2 hours to see us!  They'll be back on their boat soon for another season in Florida.

                                                                Breaking in our new   "Coffee Table"

  

                                                   
                                                                         

                                                       Loved this sign where we had breakfast

But all good things must come to an end.

                                                                     and NO you can't have Bob!!

              We are currently in transit from Little River to an anchorage in Bull Creek off of the                             Waccamaw River.