Surf City Here We Come

Date            April 25-26, 2012                            
Day             302-303
Departure    Southport Marina, Southport, NC  7:30 am

Arrival         Beach House Marina, Surf City, NC 2:10 pm                   

Miles               46.1

Cumulative   4899.7

April 25th

You know we're going to Surf City, gonna have some fun...  Reminds me of a song I've heard!!

Today's travel was done mostly in light rain and thankfully light winds.  By the time we arrived at the marina, however, the rain had stopped and the skies had cleared.  There were three bridges we had to go under today and the one we had to wait for (Surf City Bridge) only opened every hour on the hour.  We tried to time it by adjusting our speed so we wouldn't have to wait, but we still had to wait about 15 minutes.  Once we were through this bridge, the marina was just around the corner.

Just before we left Southport, this Egret arrived and was fishing for his breakfast right outside our boat.

Some of the homes along the waterway.

You can tell it's Spring.  Almost all the channel markers on the ICW have an Osprey nest, not unusual.  What is unusual is that each nest is complete with a nesting Osprey!

     

Early afternoon view from the back deck of  "Erika Lin"

April 26th
Due to the forecasted high winds later today, we decided to stay another day in Surf City.  The marina is just a short two block walk to the beach, so off we went.  The wind was blowing pretty good, gusting to 25 mph and Bob had to hold onto his hat.

These two children were having a great time on the beach (Mom was close by!).

These trees have been shaped over the years by the strong winds that blow in from the ocean.  The ocean (on the left) is not viewable in this picture, the water you see on the right is the ICW.