Life Aboard: Little River Inlet/Bird Island

We got up a little after 6:00 and were taking up the anchor at 7:45. It was still dark when we started moving but by the time we got to the ICW it was OK. When we talked to Robby, on Southern Star, he wasn't sure it was light enough to leave, but said he'd follow us out. Shay told him to not follow too closely, since we might have to stop suddenly!

We got a good push part of the way to the Cape Fear River, 9.3kts for a while. That's great!

Meeting a barge

Unusual house along the ICW

ICW ferry on Cape Fear

These barges have been very busy since Hurricane Matthew. Lots of high water along the ICW

Could be from the hurricane, could be from neglect.

Cape Fear Inlet

This is living the life, step out of your RV and go fishing!

Several sailboats in Calabash Creek, as we passed by on the way to our anchorage. We've never stopped here. We think there's not enough room. Maybe for one boat, but you can't keep the others out!

Gambling boat coming back in from the ocean.

There were two boats at Bird Island anchorage when we got there. We had no problems anchoring and got settled in. The big party type boat in front of us decided to leave and "throw a tantrum" with his boat. He pulled up anchor, moved away from us then came back in front of us. He got very close to our bow in a fast moving current and we didn't know what he was doing. Shay said he must have thought we anchored too close and was mad at us. We were not too close and what did it matter if he was leaving. Shay said the guy driving to boat was probably not the owner and was just showing off for his guests. We would love to know who owns the boat so we could let him know how careless the driver was.

Looking toward the inlet from Escape

Southern Star

Here are anchored right on the line between NC/SC

You can see the inlet here

This shows how far we are from N Myrtle Beach. Not far.

Our trip. Sorry, I forgot to turn it on at first. My bad.

We traveled 8.5 hours at 6.4kts and went almost 53nm. A good day on the and a good night at the anchorage. When we got up the next morning we were very close to shore with the tide in and the water rising.