Day 168, Year 8: Outing at Barefoot Landing
Date: Saturday, April 20, 2013
Weather: Winds NNE 10-15; Temp in the Upper 50’s F
Location: Barefoot Landing, North Myrtle Beach, SC
What a difference these northeast winds make here in South Carolina. Yesterday with winds from the south it was warm but today with the north winds blowing and little or no sunshine, it feels quite chilly. But we continued on with our trek from Lightkeepers Marina to Barefoot Landing. It was only about seven miles and took us well under two hours, but it was nice to be out and about in Windbird. Brian and Judy Thompson came with us and we have had a great time. We had a bit of a hard time getting to the dock here as we kept going aground trying to get to the dock. We tried one place and then another, and finally on our third try we found a spot where we could barely get to the dock before going aground. We’re hopeful that we will be able to get away in the morning, but we’ll worry about that in the morning. In the meantime, we had a great time here. We started ‘Happy Hour’ once we arrived and Roger and Bonnie Williams from a sailboat named Moondancer joined us. Then we went to the dock party hosted by the Sail and Power Squadron. There were free margaritas for all, but instead of drinking margaritas we spent most of the time touring other boats. The other Squadron members here are on power boats and it was quite interesting to see how the other half lives. The whole group then moved to Castanos Italian Steak House which is conveniently only a short walk from the dock. We ended the evening on Flo and Roger Clark’s boat, Knotty Girl. Flo celebrated her birthday last night and she had enough leftover cake to feed a crew of us again tonight. It has been a delightful day and now we are just hoping for sunnier, warmer weather tomorrow for our return to Lightkeepers.
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