Taking a brief break from sailing

Sorry for the long delay but the last few weeks have been very busy as we have been visiting with various friends and family members along the way and we have been off of the boat during much of that time.  We really enjoyed a relaxing time with Rick's mother, brother, brother-in-law and an aunt for 4 days at Holden Beach.  We used to go there all the time but haven't been in many years due to sailing and it was great to go back and to see how much some things have changed yet others are exactly the same.  We also enjoyed a surprise visit with Rick's cousin's son, wife and two children who were vacationing on Oak Island.

Leaving Holden we motored on down by Ocean Isle Beach, Sunset Beach and Calabash to Little River where we were fortunate to have the offer of a free slip (by a friend of Rick's from Wake Forest) in a beautiful townhome community marina.  Hooked up with friends and family there also and got to eat some of that famous Calabash seafood for the first time in quite a few years!

Here's a picture of Carolina Moon in the slip where she stayed for a week while we vacationed with my parents in North Myrtle Beach.

We had a great time staying at the beautiful Wyndham Ocean Blvd. resort in Ocean Drive just as the SOS Fall Migration was gearing up.  Relaxing on the beautiful beach and swimming in the ocean was great fun and a real treat because even though we're on the water all the time - we are rarely at a beach!  Hopefully, that will begin to change as we continue heading further south.  Here are a few pictures I took from the balcony of our condo.