Thursday, August 12, 2010 – Waccamaw River, mile 375.5, S Carolina ICW

Much of the day was spent cruising through beautiful cypress swamps. It was hot, as usual, but we did have a bit of relief with some cloud cover and SW breezes of 5 to 15 knots. Between 8 am and 5:30 pm we managed to travel our average 60 statute miles and at the end of the day anchored in an oxbow of the Waccamaw River.



Even though it was 100°F or better, Gale spent some time out on the foredeck working out with his strength bands. His reward was a dip in the river off the back of the boat and even though the river was quite brown from the tree tannins, he did not hesitate to jump. Afterwards, we both used the cockpit shower to rinse off with fresh water and settled in for a nice evening watching the ospreys and calling to the great horned owls.