Our intention today was to stop at Barefoot Landing Entertainment Complex, which has a bunch of restaurants and shopping, and has free day docks. As we came to the complex we saw everything was still closed, so we decided to continue on. It was a nice day for a boat ride. A couple of hours later we were close to our destination, but decided we would go out the inlet to maybe swim in the ocean. We started to make our way towards the ocean and the depths we’re getting very shallow and the waves were picking up. I decided to abandon that plan and turned around to go find our anchorage. We turned up Calabash Creek and were greeted with the sight of several sunken boats, half submerged and a couple of boats high and dry on shore. Yikes! Around these were a few small boats with people fishing and hanging out. We found a spot just out of the channel and dropped anchor. We ended up being somewhat close to a small boat- close enough I could talk to them- and asked if they wanted me to move? They were pleasant and said we were fine, they weren’t staying too much longer. Once we were settled in I had my anchor beer while making sure we were securely anchored.
The rest of the day was uneventful. We took Frank to a ‘beach’ which was actually a huge pile of shells. It wasn’t the best for him to walk on, but he made it work. Lauren and I took turns walking him, as one of us had to stay with the dinghy to make sure it didn’t come ashore and get a hole or slice from the shells. During dinner we looked at our next stop which will be in Southport, North Carolina.