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there was a reception that evening with the mayor and all, and the next day, a group of us took the ferry to bald head island to spend the day and that really was a lot of fun. we rented a golf cart together with another couple, bill and amy wargo, and drove all around. bill went swimming in the ocean while the rest of us just watched. after lunch, amy and i went to check out the sale rack from the place where we rented the golf cart and we both came away with a new dress that was 75% off. when the other ladies from our group found out, they ran off to check the rack out themselves hahaha.... two of them came back with dresses, too :) that evening was a group dinner at mr. p's bistro where tom, whatever it was he ate, got violently ill so we rushed home and he eventually slept it off.
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the next morning, we left for south carolina. our original plan was to go directly to osprey marina for the evening but there was no room as another rally was occupying space. we stopped instead at barefoot landing marina which, i thought, was a bit of a treat. it was a nasty, rainy day, but that marina directly abuts a shopping center and lots of restaurants so we were able to walk around and stretch our legs and do a little window shopping and that evening, we had dinner at the "flying fish" restaurant with tom and mary jeffery. i can remember when there was nothing there but a little landing that could probably hold two boats, a small park, and a strip mall. now, it is this huge complex! something to do on a rainy day. our group was scattered - some had stayed back and anchored at the calabash anchorage, some were with us, some were at the marina across the canal, one was left at southport, and the doyles were at osprey marina making sure that there would be room for our fleet the next day.
the following day was another nasty, cold and rainy day, however, there was no rush to get to osprey as room had been made by departing boats and we were to be sitting there for a couple of days. the water level has been quite high and it was a little nerve wracking for some of the sailboats with taller masts to get under the fixed bridges but they all made it and one by one came in to osprey to get dried off. we pumped out and topped off the fuel tanks and went to our assigned slip which was on V dock, quite a hike from the marina office, however, they had golf carts for us to use to get to and fro. osprey marina is really a nice little place with friendly and helpful staff. aurora was fascinated by the neighboring goats and exercised her vocal cords. tom was busy doing troubleshooting for several members of the fleet and passed one of them off to me who was trying to familiarize himself with open CPN and since i am the family geek... two things though: 1) we now use coastal explorer so it has been a while since i've used open CPN; and 2) he had a mac. that evening, we had a potluck dinner together and everyone had a good time.
today, we all left osprey marina early, some of us for mcclellanville, mostly the shoal draft boats and the ones with the big dogs, and the others for an anchorage past mcclellanville. i think most of us did a little bump as the water ran out from underneath us. anyway, with our party of boats, i think this is the most action mcclellanville has seen in a while. we have had to raft up as there is barely room at the inn here. the credit card machine wasn't working at the leland oil company (the marina) so we all had to walk to the seafood market to pay up. well, we were going to go to the market anyway but the men walked back to the boat carrying a bushel of oysters between them and the women followed behind carrying the shrimp. i guess it's a no-brainer what this group is going to be having for dinner tonight!
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