reunion With Dear Friends

Tues. April 14, 2915
Osprey Marina
Socastee, SC


Reunion With Dear Friends

We are back on home turf even if not quite back home yet.  We are back in Horry County and stopped at Osprey Marina so we could visit with our friends Martha and Mitch.  We got here just as a rain storm ended. It rained on us off and on all day.  We were greeted at the marina by Martha, camera in hand.  She has a knee injury and I was surprised she could manage the dock ramp.  She took us to her house so we could see Teddy who is the 4 legged member of her family.  He was glad to see us as we were glad to see him.  Mitch had to work late so Lee, Martha and I went to River City cafe and met Mitch after he got off from work. We sat and talked after we ate until the waitress looked  like she wanted to run us out of the cafe.  Mitch had just recently taken a boat trip from Baltimore to Socastee. He had some interesting tales to tell as did we. He got  taste of the Nasty Neuse River. It was great getting together with good friends after 3 1/2 months away.

Our trip today was all motoring, no sailing at all. This was day 12 on the ICW.  We will leave early in the morning and should be in our home marina by shortly after noon. We had current against us most of today until the last hour or so. Hard to know exactly when we will slip back into our slip. Then it is off to do tax stuff until Thursday.  Thurs we will return and try to straighten and clean up the boat. Friday will be tied up with things that need dealt with about the new condo that we are closing on Monday the 20th. One more day, one more log and this tale comes to an end.