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| Little River Swing Bridge - why keep it when the 65 ft bridge is next door?? |
We made the 50 mile run today to Osprey Marina from St James Plantation Marina in Southport. It was a perfect traveling day with temps in the '70s, full sun, and no wind. The only area of concern was Lockwoods Folly where I took the route by the northern shore, bypassing the straight-through route which had shoaled to less than 5 MLLW. I saw 7 to 8 MLLW along the "shore route". The Bob 423 track for the area takes you close to the northern shore - which I followed.
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| The famous "Rock Pile" section of the ICW. You do NOT want to stray outside the markers! |
The only problem with the shore route are the numerous fishing boats. They are anchored in the current and don't move. I'm sure they wondered why I came so close when to their eyes, there was lots of water to use for a less close approach. While that's true, all that other water was much shallower.
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| A bargain price in the flood plain |
The rest of the trip showed no surprises. The two swing bridges we pass by all had perfectly good 65 ft bridges within a couple hundred feet downstream. It defies logic as to why they wanted to keep both bridges!
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| We are settled in for the night - pictured is the Osprey Marina office |
We are snug in here at Osprey Marina and there are empty slips still. The price remains at $1/ft, the best bargain on the ICW, especially when it comes with a gift bag that includes pepper jelly! We'll leave in the morning for Georgetown and a dock at Harborwalk. This stretch of good weather is not to be wasted!
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