You get to meet the greatest people

We had another good run form the point of view we fetched our destination as planned timed the bridges just right and had time to shop and eat at a local diner (more about that later). But - from a picture point of view well, when you've seen one mud flat, vacation home, castle, you've seen them all. There are some beautiful homes, one that was for sale had a sign which read 'Million Dollar Lot 40% off including the House' anybody got $600 thousand dollars they don't want?

Here are the new bird species I saw today, again not my pictures but without the pictures they're just names right! Actually on the exposed mud flats I saw a lot of waders, probably Sanderlings and a few larger birds also but too far away to identify for sure.

Top is a Black Skimmer and bottom is a White Ibis

Went past a few inlets and caught a glimpse of the ocean - great to see, wish we could go out there sailing. At the Wrightsville Bascule(google it) Bridge we caught up with the Scottish pair that we first met in Solomon Island. There boat is called 'Elnamea and they haill from PCYC.

So at 01:46 we pulled into Southport Marina, gassed up, pumped out then settled in. Jeff hosed down the boat to get rid of the salt and did general cleaning duties and then we went shopping for groceries in a BMW loaner. Then walked, yes walked to the Yacht Basin Eatery, great food, great staff and the owner Jill Brown from New Jersey is a great host - well we all thought so! No really we had a good time we would recommend this place to all, stop by next time you're in the area.

Southport Marina

Spick and Span

The walk along the waterfront

Jill Brown is the good looking one on the left



And thus ends another day on the ICW which I keep spelling incorrectly - its Intracoastal Waterway, well according to the charts anyway, what do I know. In keeping with tradition here is the sunset, the above picture was on the way to the eatery, not the official sunset. This is!

Now isn't that pretty. Sleep tight everybody.