Final Destination

We left Osprey Marina early this morning to make our way to Little River, the final resting place for our old girl. We had to make it through the "Rock Pile" and were a bit nervous, so wanted to hit it as close to high tide as we could. The Rock Pile has occurred because the ICW had to be blown out to get through Myrtle Beach. There are large boulders and rock piles along the sides, hidden beneath the water, just waiting to catch the bottom of a vessel. We studied the charts carefully and were diligent about staying to the center of the channel - luckily, we didn't have any issues whatsoever.

Must have been due to our excellent steering:

Or our first rate navigator:

The rocks were no issue, depth was great and the bridges all opened up on cue for us. It was a picture perfect motor through Myrtle Beach. We made it to Light Keepers Marina in Little River at 3pm and pulled in to a slip on a T dock - home at last.

Brad's mom met us shortly thereafter and we loaded up the Explorer with the first load of our belongings. We will be staying at her place (her retirement home here in Myrtle Beach) for a few months while we figure out where we want to live and while we get the boat ready to sell.

Although we had high ambitions to completely unload the boat today, we were both exhausted and decided to call it a night and start early the following day.

We managed to pack everything up the following day and got all of our belongings in just two car trips! I don't know if that's a good thing, or sad that we have so few belongings. Tomorrow starts the dirty work - getting her clean and updated so that she shows well for her final pictures.