June 3
We thought this SeaTow sign interestingly placed; the channel can
be narrow with very shallow water outside of it. This is another example
of one of those areas where you watch your chart and the channel markers
closely. Remember the grounding in St Petersburg? It would have cost
over $450 to have them tow us off. After that experience and being
in so much shallow water, First Mate decided this would be a great
Christmas gift for the Captain. For $95/year they will tow you off
wherever you run aground. We now have a SeaTow membership. We were
attacked by horseflies again today on the ICW. We passed through the
Myrtle Beach area, the land of golf, where this course bordered on
the ICW. If you look closely through the trees you can see the billboards
along the highway between Myrtle Beach and North Myrtle Beach. We
have driven up & down that road many times without realizing the
waterway is this close. You really get a different perspective from
the water. We fueled up at Myrtle Beach Yacht Club, which is really
in Little River. AGLCA members pass along info on fuel prices, good
& not-so-good marinas, etc. via daily e-mails, to which we have
access. This marina has the best diesel price around, so this was
a planned fuel stop. We decided to stay here for the night. We ate
at the on-site restaurant a few piers away, but had to run back to
the boat in pouring rain.