We always try to come back off the ocean in Charleston or Georgetown to be able to motor up the Waccamaw River. This is the prettiest section of the entire ICW between Norfolk and Miami, especially in the spring when the trees have leaved out and everything is green.
This is a cypress swampy area where the trees grow right down, and into, the river waters. There are many ospreys and bald eagles throughout this area and we saw some of each.
We normally anchor in the Waccamaw but our windlass died at the Awendaw anchorage, so now we are preferring to stop at marinas.
We left Bucksport at first light continuing up the river, through Myrtle Beach, and on to Holden Beach where we would visit with Sue's sister and family, on vacation from New York, and my brother that lives there.
It doesn't show up well in the photographs but the mist rising from the warm river waters reflecting the sunlight turned the entire river surface pure white. It was a remarkable sight, one of the prettiest in our boating experiences.
These are the sights that make all the tribulations of boat maintenance and repairs and rough offshore passages fade in significance. This is why we are cruisers.
