5.19.10

We took our  time getting underway  this morning. ….It will be a short day. We ran up Julington Creek a bit. This boat was anchored just at the entrance. It’s kind of an odd one but looks to be set up for full time living. 2 Wind generators and trackvision TV. There are 3 or 4 windows that tip out on the stern. Probably the master cabin. I really like that…they can be open in the rain. Not fancy but I’ll bet it’s comfortable.  We headed for Black Creek to anchor for the night. I spotted an old dock when we were there a few days ago…near the small beach where we walked Raisin. Gotta go “detect” it…..

These 2 sailboats were headed N. I really like the red one.  I like the shorter masts.

This one is pretty nice too….probably has more room in it.

I just love those “in the diamonds”…

We’re anchored near the bridge on Black Creek….and are watching all the boats headed up with water skiers or wake boarders.  This creek has deep water and is like a slalom run with lots of bends that make it a fun run for them. Luckily there is a marina just the other side of the bridge that sells gas and drinks.

Sounds like a few more days in the 90’s and then it will cool down a bit. Hi 60’s at night and 80’s during the day. That will seem much cooler than the temperatures we’ve had the last few days.

5.18.10

We arrived in Doctor’s Lake around noon…..anchored and took the dingy ashore for Raisin and a few minutes on the beach with the metal detector….no big finds today.

Hot and muggy but we had a nice breeze in Mill Cove. We’re anchored here until it’s time to shower and head to Whitey’s Fish Camp for supper and Texas Holdem.  They have a tournament every Tues night.  Free..and you can donate $1 and get extra chips.  Guess they play for points and prizes.  We didn’t make it to the end but had fun. We’ll keep this in mind when up this way again. We had the Whitey’s Favorite Fish Sandwich.  Great!! There is easily enough to split if you are light eaters. We should have but it was soooooo good we were glad we didn’t. I couldn’t finish my fries the sandwich was so big.

It was after 9 but the sky was still fairly light so we headed back to Mill Cove to anchor.

The only photo today was of  an Osprey on the sign as we entered Mill Cove.

I thought I saw a little one with her….and she made sure it stayed low as we circled the sign trying to get a good shot.

5.17.10

Spent the night at anchor in Deep Creek, ( just N of G37). We traveled up the river to a wide bend where we could get a good breeze. It was calling for thunderstorms overnight so all cushions were stowed and ports closed. The ones in the sleeper have rain shields so we were able to leave them open.

Morning had showers forecast but the wind was down so we headed out. Once on the river, which at this point is very wide, almost like a lake, Jim turned on the radar so he could keep track of any other boat traffic.

He saw this one coming before we could see it thru the rain. The radar even picked up his wake. We are the dot in the middle and the dots that fan out are the wake.

He also had fun watching for the squalls to come across the water before they hit us…this is what it looks like when a shower hits us. The vertical green lines are the shoreline.

This was the visibility when it hit.   Another nice trawler passed us.

Our screens sheeted the water nicely….keeping most of it out….