The weather has been glorious, not too hot at all... although the sun can get to you after awhile. We are lucky being in the cabin and protected from harsh weather in general. The windows keep us cool and the bimini keeps the sun off. I am convinced that May is the perfect month to be here as we have been surprised that there really aren't many boaters out and about.
One of the biggest surprises to us is the method of reserving a slip for the night. We dutifully call ahead and they respond "no problem, let us know when you get here". They usually don't even take down our name or boat name. We are used to having to reserve slips weeks in advance and put it on our credit card (no refund if we don't show). That's not the case on the ICW. We don't know if its because we are a small boat (they can fit us in almost anywhere), or because of the season. In actuality it doesn't usually matter, as there are often several marinas in a row... or we could anchor out if necessary. But I wanted to ensure getting a place with a pool!
Today we encountered two bridges which even our tiny C-Dory couldn't clear and we had to wait with other boats for the bridges to open. (We were traveling at high tide). Rob utilized his most proficient sounding captain's voice on the radio to hail the bridge tenders and talk to the other boats traveling either direction to agree on who would follow whom. It was very organized!
In the areas where there weren't homes along the ICW we encountered forests more than swamp grass. We did see some osprey nesting in the "mile marker posts" along the way and tried to take pictures of some little ones in the nest. We did see several families of turtles out sunning as well. Didn't see any dolphins today but we should as we get closer to Cape Fear. (Just the name Cape Fear makes me nervous but we aren't going around the cape, just near to it).
Here are scenes from today:
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