SLOW MOTION

Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Today was SUUUUCH an easy day.  And it worked out so well.

First of all, the winds and waves dropped by half.  We had always intended to stay a couple of days at my sister’s place on Carolina Beach… but it worked out so perfectly….While we were there, the winds were gusty and the waves were rough, and then it rained all day yesterday.

But when we woke up today, it was gorgeous.  Lynn thinks I am a brilliant planner.  I think maybe sometimes you just get lucky.

And I am feeling a lot better after our R&R time in Carolina Beach.  Yesterday I booked a massage.  Lynn didn’t really know it, but I was still in a lot of pain after wrestling with that water pump back in Solomons Island.  I couldn’t roll over in bed, or reach out to pick something up without pain.  So, I booked a 60-minute “get-out-the-knots” deep tissue massage, and it really helped.

And – this morning – we knew we didn’t plan to travel very far – just a few hours down the coast to Southport.  As a consequence, we actually got to go out to breakfast.  Usually, breakfast consists of a protein bar and a cup of coffee, but today, we got to have the COMBO at the Gulfstream Diner:  Two pancakes; two eggs over easy; bacon, corned beef hash; grits; and rye toast.  YOWZA! (Only one of us ordered the Combo).

Then we loaded up all our gear and Uber’d over to the boat.

The route to Southport takes you down and across the mouth of the Cape Fear River, and every other time I have crossed it, it has been ROUGH.  But today was a dream.

We’d spent enough time in CB, so this move to Southport is a chance to see someplace new, and it shortens tomorrow’s trip by an hour or more.

Unexpectedly, we stumbled on a GREAT Italian restaurant here in Southport – Joseph’s.  Great food; great beverages. And leftovers for tomorrow night.

Tomorrow, we’re off to an exotic place called Wacca Wache.  (kidding) WW is kind of parallell to Murrell’s Inlet, but it’s inland – on the ICW – and there is VERY little there.  FUN!

TTFN