Last Sunday October 8, Cindy and I left Ely, drove to Hermantown to visit with Barry, Bethanie and boys. I worked Monday from there and then drove to the Cities, stayed with Marion overnight, flew to Wilmington to get to the boat t Southport. Steve Wallace at Zimmerman Marine had put Burntside back in the water on Friday after summer nap on the hard. A new wsher dryer were installed and the prop re pitched over the summer. We provisioned and got some more tools and parts, then pulled out Thursday mid day. Didn't go very far, to an anchorage we stopped at a couple of times before called Tina's Pocket. Checked the systems out and all is working fine. The next morning, no start on the engine, with a bad terminal connection on the starter. I fixed that and we departed on the outside on a nice cloudy day with 3' seas, a short jump down the coast to Little River. Anchored just inside the inlet mid afternoon took a hike on the dunes and had a quiet night. Left yesterday morning, stopped after a couple of hours at the free dock mile marker 355, near the Conway bypass bridge. We had stayed here before as well. There is a Walmart and Cold Stone across the road where we picked up some additional supplies. Left there and anchored just north of the Enterprise Landing last night, quiet with owls hooting and lots of stars.

found a dumpster where I dove for a 4' 2x4 I needed

sunset on the Waccamaw

Docked for the afternoon at Conway, SC.
Good music and food at this place and really nice new docks 

We traveled up the Waccamaw River to Conway SC, got in a nice bike ride and will eat here later this afternoon, then move back down a couple of miles to an anchorage away from town. Really friendly people here. Were serenaded by a blues singer at this restauraunt off our stern this afternoon.