Fear! Cape Fear, North Carolina that is.

We have traversed the South Carolina coast, and are now on the Cape Fear River, North Carolina.  From Charleston, we stayed at Georgetown and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.  We were at anchor two nights (saving $$ on marina fees).  I had a new 2500w/100amp inverter/charger with two new AGM 8D batteries installed at Jacksonville, which has greatly increased the time at anchor whilst not running the genset. 

The South Carolina ICW goes through a cypress swamp, and one night was just like being in the 70 Mile Canal back home.  Turtles, bull frogs, woodpeckers, and birds galore. 

We are at the Bald Head Marina on Cape Fear for the Memorial Day weekend, as we don’t want to be travelling in all the traffic.  Memorial Day is the beginning of the season here, and boats are everywhere.  It is much less hectic travelling on the weekdays and sitting tight on the weekends.  Bald Head Island is a beach resort only accessible by water, so golf carts are the mode of transportation, a la Bahamas!  Absolutely nothing of historic significance happened here, so we are enjoying the beach! When we arrived at the Bald Head Marina, our A/Cs would not work.  After some investigation, I discovered the seacock was plugged.  Overboard I went, and pulled a plastic bag out of the grate.  All is well now, but it is toddy time!  

My hat is off to all veterans, such as my Dad, as I would not be blogging away without their sacrifice.  Happy Memorial Day! 

We anchored next to this steel mill in Georgetown, SC.  It was a noisy night.

Georgetown had a really nice public dock (below), but no overnight docking.  Note the very specific fine amount. 

Yet more history.

Georgetown has a great bakery/wine store.  I stocked up on wine, and a red velvet cake is in the bag!

The South Carolina lowlands look a lot like home.  We anchored in this oxbow and it was just like being at the 70 Mile!  

Cypress trees.  

This marina was tucked back in the swamp.

Cape Fear.  We have now entered our seventh state since leaving Louisiana.